American Federalist Journal
Monday - September 21, 2020



Featured articles by Andrew C. McCarthy



Replacing Justice Ginsburg: Politics, Not Precedent
2020-09-19

Systemic Racism? Make Them Prove It.
2020-09-19

Yes, the DOJ Should Charge Violent Anti-American Radicals with Seditious Conspiracy
2020-09-17

Why Government Lawyers Are Defending Trump
2020-09-12

It's a Straight Line from Biden to BLM
2020-09-05



D.C. Circuit Rules against Michael Flynn, Sending Case Back to Judge Sullivan
2020-09-01

Let Them Boycott!
2020-08-29

Clinesmith Guilty Plea: Lying about Lying
2020-08-26

Clinesmith Guilty Plea: Using a 'Digraph' to Conceal a Massive Deception of the Court
2020-08-25

Clinesmith's Guilty Plea: The Perfect Snapshot of Crossfire Hurricane Duplicity
2020-08-24



The Bannon Indictment
2020-08-20

Will Clinesmith Plead Guilty?
2020-08-18

He'll Eventually Prevail, but Flynn Stands to Lose the Mandamus Fight
2020-08-15

Politics, Not Law: Trump's Usurpation of Congress's Power to Legislate Unemployment Funding
2020-08-11

Should Judge Sullivan Be Disqualified from Flynn Case? An Appeals Court Is Asking
2020-08-08



Neither Trump nor His Campaign Ever Got a 'Defensive Briefing'
2020-08-06

What to Make of Sally Yates's Senate Testimony
2020-08-05

New Disclosures Confirm: Trump Himself Was the Target of Obama Administration's Russia Probe
2020-08-01

Trump's Unconscionable Equivalence of American and Russian Aid to Afghan Jihadists
2020-07-30

Democrats Make Mockery of Barr 'Hearing'
2020-07-29



In Congressional Testimony, Barr Calls for Unified Response to Violent Assault on U.S. Government
2020-07-28

A Dubious Order against the Seattle Ban on Police Use of Non-Lethal Force
2020-07-27

The Hysterical 'Trump Won't Leave' Canard
2020-07-25

President Trump Announces a Federal 'Surge' against Violent-Crime Wave in Cities
2020-07-23

The Revolution Is Winning
2020-07-18



Triple-Murderer Executed after Supreme Court Vacates Injunction against Death Penalty
2020-07-14

Judge Jackson Demands that the President Clarify Extent of Stone's Commutation
2020-07-14

Execution in Federal Capital Murder Case Set for Monday Afternoon
2020-07-13

Trump Spares Stone from Imprisonment, Sparking Howls from Amnesiac Democrats
2020-07-11

Supremes Signal a Brave New World of Popular Presidential Elections
2020-07-11



Supreme Court's Rulings on Trump Subpoenas - Ho Hum
2020-07-09

Supreme Court Upholds Trump Exemptions to Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate . . . for Now
2020-07-08

Washington vs. Violent Crime
2020-07-07

'President Biden' Would Be Music to Russian and Taliban Ears
2020-07-04

Roberts Sides with High Court's Left Bloc to Safeguard Abortion
2020-06-30



Police 'Reform' and the Making of a Racism Narrative
2020-06-27

Flynn Highlights New Strzok Notes in Urging Dismissal of Case
2020-06-25

Federal Appeals Court Orders Judge Sullivan to Dismiss the Flynn Case
2020-06-24

Removal of SDNY's Interim U.S. Attorney is Washington, Not Watergate
2020-06-23

President Trump Fires Manhattan U.S. Attorney
2020-06-21



Trump Fights the Last War
2020-06-20

Brooks Shooting: The Political Prosecutor Caves In to the Mob
2020-06-18

Senate Collusion Theater
2020-06-13

Unable to Run Its Own Agencies, Washington Dictates to America's Police
2020-06-10

What Is Fact-Checking without Facts?
2020-06-05



New Floyd Murder Charges Will Be Tough to Prove and May Imperil Good Cops
2020-06-04

The 'Institutional Racism' Canard
2020-06-03

'Dominating' the Streets
2020-06-02

Trump Will 'Designate' Antifa a Terrorist Organization
2020-06-01

The President Has the Constitutional Power to Restore Order. He Must Act.
2020-05-31



What We Do - and Don't - Know Now about George Floyd's Death
2020-05-30

Why Did It Take So Long to Arrest Derek Chauvin?
2020-05-30

Senator Burr Remains a Subject of an Insider-Trading Probe
2020-05-30

The Hole in the Impeachment Case
2020-01-18

Postpone the Impeachment Trial Until the House Finishes Investigating
2020-01-15



Saudi's Terrorist Massacre at Florida Naval Base Highlights the Weakness of U.S. Vetting
2020-01-15

Enemy Combatant Terror Commanders Are Fair Game
2020-01-07

The Impeachment Article for Obstructing Congress Is Frivolous
2020-01-03

Impeachment and Second Thoughts
2019-12-21

If Impeachment Articles Are Not Delivered, Did Impeachment Happen?
2019-12-19



Taking the Real Story of Collusion Across the Country
2019-12-17

Ball of Collusion and FISA Reform
2019-12-14

The Costs of Trivializing Impeachment
2019-12-13

The Articles of Impeachment Are Very Weak
2019-12-11

The Impeachment Eye Test
2019-12-07



Schiff's Report Will Not Attract New Impeachment Supporters
2019-12-04

Impeachment Power Can Be Abused, Too
2019-12-03

There's Less to the McGahn Ruling Than Meets the Eye
2019-11-27

The First Glimpse into Horowitz's FISA-Abuse Report
2019-11-23

Understanding Adam Schiff's 'Bribery' Theory
2019-11-21



The Progressive 'Policy Community' Ukraine Fantasy
2019-11-19

Breaking Down the Fallout from Marie Yovanovitch's Testimony
2019-11-16

Trump vs. the 'Policy Community'
2019-11-13

On State Tax Returns, President Trump Loses Another Round
2019-11-12

The 'Whistleblower' and the President's Right to Present a Defense
2019-11-09



Right to Confrontation: The Latest Bogus Legal Argument over the 'Whistleblower'
2019-11-07

Trump's Tax Returns: One Step Closer to Exposure
2019-11-05

Impeachment Is Unpredictable
2019-11-02

Examining the House Impeachment Inquiry Resolution
2019-10-31

The White House Needs an Impeachment Strategy
2019-10-29



There Is No Basis for Barr to Recuse Himself Over Ukraine
2019-10-28

The President's Best Ukraine Defense: Not an Impeachable Offense
2019-10-27

Stop Claiming 'No Quid Pro Quo'
2019-10-26

The Trivialization of Impeachment
2019-10-19

What Is Impeachment For?
2019-10-12



Turkey and the Kurds: It's More Complicated Than You Think
2019-10-10

Quid Pro Quo and Extortion: Welcome to Foreign Relations
2019-10-07

If the House Won't Vote, Impeachment Inquiry Is Just a Democratic Stunt
2019-10-05

Do Republicans See the Strategy to Discredit the Barr Investigation?
2019-10-02

How about a Bipartisan Treaty against the Criminalization of Elections?
2019-09-28



Double Standards on Ukraine
2019-09-26

No, Trump Is Not Facing the Death Penalty over Ukraine
2019-09-24

Breaking Down the Whistleblower Frenzy
2019-09-21

Can the White House Assert Executive Privilege over Trump's Conversations with Corey Lewandowski?
2019-09-17

Why It's Unlikely the McCabe Grand Jury Voted against Indictment
2019-09-14



Breaking Down the Report of an Imminent McCabe Indictment
2019-09-12

Taliban Terrorists Have No Place at Camp David
2019-09-10

The Turn Toward a Pre-9/11 Mindset
2019-09-07

Storming Back to the Impeachment Charade
2019-09-04

Trump Was Always the Target of the Russia Investigation
2019-08-30



What Is Justice for McCabe?
2019-08-29

May the President Ban Commerce with China . . . by Tweet?
2019-08-26

McCabe and Papadopoulos: Two-Tiered Justice
2019-08-24

The Bogus Story That Launched a 'Collusion' Probe
2019-08-17

The Election Is Legitimate Only If the Democrats Win
2019-08-16



A Brief History of Election Meddling
2019-08-15

Hillary Ruins the Plan
2019-08-14

Epstein's Apparent Suicide Renews Questions about His Prosecution
2019-08-10

Losing the War in Forgotten Afghanistan
2019-08-10

How to Combat White-Supremacist Gun Violence While Protecting the Second Amendment
2019-08-05



The DOJ Will Not Prosecute James Comey over Trump Memos
2019-08-03

How Mueller's Lawyers Spun the OLC Guidance on Indicting a Sitting President
2019-07-28

The Mueller Report's Fundamental Dodge
2019-07-27