American Federalist Journal
Tuesday - April 20, 2021



Featured articles by Andrew C. McCarthy



Chauvin Trial Judge: Maxine Waters Just Put the Case in Jeopardy
2021-04-20

George Floyd's Death: How Should the Jury Decide the Charges against Derek Chauvin?
2021-04-19

The Supreme Thuggery of Democrats' Court-Packing Scheme
2021-04-17

Chauvin's Medical Expert Helps a Reeling Defense
2021-04-15

Chauvin's Stumbling Defense Case
2021-04-14



Will Derek Chauvin Testify? Defense Case Begins under Cloud of Unrest
2021-04-13

Chauvin Prosecutors Have Answered One Big Question
2021-04-10

Gripping Medical Testimony Gets Chauvin Prosecution Back on Track
2021-04-09

Chauvin Trial: Police Brutality or Failure of Care?
2021-04-08

Chauvin Murder Trial: The Prosecution's Reckless Gambit
2021-04-07



Derek Chauvin's Hobbled Defense
2021-04-05

Major League Baseball and the Voting-Rights Con
2021-04-03

Defiant Federal Judge Calls Out the Media-Democrat Complex
2021-04-03

Powerful Evidence That George Floyd Resisted Arrest
2021-04-01

Floyd Murder Trial: Confrontation with Feisty Witness Brings Chauvin's Defense into Focus
2021-03-31



Prosecutor: Chauvin 'Wouldn't Let Up and Wouldn't Get Up' as George Floyd Slowly Died
2021-03-30

Cuomo's Brazen Stalling Strategy
2021-03-30

The Case for Prosecuting Hunter Biden
2021-03-27

Al-Issa Makes First Court Appearance in Boulder
2021-03-25

After the Boulder Mass Shooting Comes the Debate about Motive
2021-03-24



Derek Chauvin's Trial in Floyd Death Is on Track
2021-03-22

The Character Assassination of Elaine Chao
2021-03-20

Cuomo Responds with Standard BS to Biden's Reflexive BS
2021-03-18

After Arrests for Assault of Officer Sicknick, Many Questions Remain
2021-03-16

Andrew Cuomo Faces a Rapidly Growing Impeachment Threat
2021-03-15



Trump Judge Strikes a Blow for Federalism - for Now
2021-03-13

Derek Chauvin Rebuffed by High Court
2021-03-11

Cuomo's Hot Water Gets Hotter
2021-03-10

The George Floyd Murder Trial: A Charging Nightmare 
2021-03-07

Why Cuomo Cooked the Books on Nursing-Home Deaths
2021-03-06



Cuomo's Painful Press Conference
2021-03-04

Cuomo Has Lost Control of His Self-Investigation Theater
2021-03-02

Garland Heralds Return of the Obama Justice Department - Radical as Ever
2021-02-27

Merrick Garland Misleads on 'Equity' and 'Equality'
2021-02-23

Supreme Court Clears Way for New York DA's Investigation of Trump
2021-02-22



The Cuomo Investigation Confusion
2021-02-20

The Times Corrects the Record on Officer Sicknick's Death, Sort Of
2021-02-15

Democrats Squander Their Impeachment-Trial Moment
2021-02-13

What Happened to Officer Sicknick?
2021-02-11

Rand Paul's Confused Attack on the Flawed Incitement Charge against Trump
2021-02-08



DOJ Should Think Twice Before Aiming RICO at Capitol Rioters
2021-02-06

Graham's Threat Does Not Help Trump's Defense
2021-02-03

Democrats' Impeachment Brief Tries to Cure Defect in Case against Trump
2021-02-02

Democrats' Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act Shields Jihadists
2021-01-30

The Justice Department's Ridiculous Voter 'Disinformation' Prosecution
2021-01-28



Democrats Are Laying a Trap with Trump's Impeachment Trial
2021-01-27

What the Trump Impeachment Trial Reboot Will Look Like
2021-01-25

Dissent, Patriotism, and Insurrection: A Complicated History
2021-01-23

Trump Does His Part in Scandalizing the Presidential Pardon Power
2021-01-20

The Tragedy of Trump's Presidency
2021-01-20



The Trump Impeachment Is Deeply Flawed, but He Deserves Conviction
2021-01-17

Capitol Riot Prosecutors Run a Big Risk in Pursuing a 'Sedition' Case
2021-01-16

The Problem with 'Insurrection' in the Impeachment Article
2021-01-13

Don't Play Pelosi's Game of Politicized Impeachment
2021-01-12

Democrats Need a Do-Over on Their Impeachment Article
2021-01-11



Impeachment, by the Numbers
2021-01-09

Against the 25th Amendment - and Warily against Impeachment
2021-01-07

Neither Pence nor Congress Has the Power to Reject State Electoral Votes
2021-01-06

Trump's Allies Become the Swamp: The 'Electoral Commission' Gambit
2021-01-03

The Risky Wager of Betting on Trump
2021-01-02



The Lloyd Austin Conundrum
2020-12-26

A Fatally Flawed Trump Petition to the Supreme Court
2020-12-23

A Whopper of an Election-Rigging Claim  
2020-12-19

Biden Won Wisconsin, but It Was Even Closer Than Reported
2020-12-17

A Stunning Passage from the Latest Court Rejection of Team Trump
2020-12-13



Time to Step Back from the Brink
2020-12-12

Hunter Biden Investigation: Overt and Primed for a Special Counsel
2020-12-11

Texas's Frivolous Lawsuit Seeks to Overturn Election in Four Other States
2020-12-09

Supreme Court Nixes Republicans' Pennsylvania Lawsuit
2020-12-09

As Time Is Running Out, Trump Campaign Files Stronger Lawsuit in Georgia
2020-12-08



Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Passes - and the Issue Isn't Going Away
2020-12-07

The War on the Electoral College Has Only Just Begun
2020-12-05

Wisconsin Supreme Court Ducks Trump Campaign Claims of Election Improprieties
2020-12-04

Russia Probe in Overtime: Unpacking Barr's Latest Durham Appointment
2020-12-02

Barr: No Proof of Massive Election Fraud
2020-12-01



Trump Campaign Election Litigation Appears to End in Pennsylvania While Proceeding in Georgia
2020-11-30

Time for Hard Choices on Federal Drug Enforcement
2020-11-28

The Trump Campaign Is Likely to Strike Out in Pennsylvania - Again
2020-11-23

Judge Finds the Fatal Flaw in Trump Campaign's Pennsylvania Case
2020-11-22

No, State Legislatures May Not Reverse the Result of the Election
2020-11-21



At the Eleventh Hour, Trump Campaign Reverses Legal Course . . . Again
2020-11-20

Why the Trump Campaign Withdrew Its Michigan Election Lawsuit
2020-11-19

Checkmate in Pennsylvania for the Trump Campaign
2020-11-18

Trump's Post-Election Litigation Crusade
2020-11-14

Trump Campaign Files Lawsuit on Pennsylvania Election Result. Does It Have a Case?
2020-11-10



Trump's Vote-Count Lawsuits: The Election Endgame  
2020-11-09

A Successful Presidency, a Maddening President
2020-11-07

When Vote Fraud Is Claimed, Question Always Is: Did It Make a Difference?
2020-11-05

Could Pennsylvania Vote Hinge on a Supreme Court Call?
2020-11-04

No, Every Vote Does Not Count
2020-11-03



A Collusion Tale: China and the Bidens
2020-10-31

Rolling the Dice on Chaos, Supreme Court Ducks Election-Law Cases
2020-10-29

Hunter Biden on Tape?
2020-10-28

This Time, Roberts Sides with Conservatives to Blunt Election-Rule Tinkering
2020-10-27

Democrats' Barrett Demagoguery
2020-10-27



Election-Meddling Redux
2020-10-24

A Big Night - and a Better Day After - for Trump
2020-10-23

Boycott-Barrett Ploy Shows Difference Between Democrats and Republicans
2020-10-23

No, the AG Should Not Appoint a Special Counsel to Investigate the Bidens
2020-10-21

New Twist in the Hunter Biden Saga: A White House Meeting for Elite Chinese Group
2020-10-21



How to Put a Stop to Twitter's Game-Playing on Censorship
2020-10-20

The Supreme Court Should Decide Election-Law Cases Before the Election
2020-10-17

Trump in North Carolina: The Perils of Going Off Script
2020-10-16

The Hunter Emails
2020-10-15

Barrett, Obamacare, and Severability . . . Again
2020-10-14



Yes, Hillary Clinton Orchestrated the Russia-Collusion Farce
2020-10-10

No Durham Report or Indictments before Election Day
2020-10-09

Why Biden and Harris Refuse to Give an Answer about Court-Packing
2020-10-08

New Files Highlight Brennan's Role Promoting Clinton's Russia Collusion Narrative
2020-10-07

Chris Wray Is Right: Antifa Is an Ideological Threat to the United States
2020-10-03



On Court-Packing, Biden Is Afraid of Losing the Radical Left
2020-10-01

The Democrats' Frivolous Three-Pronged Attack on Judge Barrett
2020-09-29

Steele's Dossier Source Was a Suspected Russian Spy
2020-09-26

A Just Decision Not to File Homicide Charges in the Tragic Breonna Taylor Case
2020-09-24

Justice Department Refuses to Testify before Nadler's Judiciary Committee
2020-09-23



Biden Won't Answer Court-Packing Question
2020-09-23

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