Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., together with 50 Democratic co-sponsors, has reintroduced his bill to create a “Commission on Presidential Capacity” under Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. It is being framed as a response to the crisis of a president who threatened to annihilate an entire civilization, who shares renderings of himself as Jesus Christ while feuding with the pope and who posts snuff videos on social media — to name the highlights from just the last couple of weeks.
It’s not great. But this proposal is misguided on the details, and more importantly, a distraction from what Congress can and should do: impeach Donald Trump and remove him from office.
This is not a new idea from Raskin. He first proposed essentially the same bill in 2017, and again in 2020 during Trump’s bout with Covid. I wrote about it at the time for the Cato Institute, and my objections have not changed. If anything, the current situation makes the flaws in this approach more glaring.
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As long as the current regime remains in power, Iran will continue pursuing the same policies it has for decades and remain a threat to the United States. Read more.
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The danger is not just what happens to one Fed chair but the precedent set when a criminal investigation is kept alive because it creates politically useful pressure. Read more.
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Maria Medetis Long told her superiors there was not sufficient basis to charge Brennan, who played a key role in the finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump win. Read more.
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Eastman engaged in the type of conduct that threatens not only the integrity of the legal profession, but also the rule of law itself. Read more.
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