Trump’s lawyers argued that the Senate lacked jurisdiction to try the impeachment of a former president, and today that argument failed by a 56-44 vote. The issue was resolved: the Senate has jurisdiction to try and convict Trump. A question: isn’t this now the “law of the case,” and, thus, a...
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Republicans have done a very good job of framing this next election as automatically going to the courts to potentially pick a winner. But normally the losing candidate only gets to ask for a recount. He or she does not have some freestanding right for a court to decide the election....