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<title><![CDATA[Dennis Aftergut - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/42399.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Dennis Aftergut]]></description><category domain="42399">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Courts Should Bar Trump From 2024 Ballot]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/10/31/trump-2024-ballot-disqualification-trial-reelection/71379874007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The paramount question the courts must answer about Donald Trump: What does it mean to engage in 'insurrection or rebellion against' the Constitution?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Canceling Ground Invasion Could Help Israel Defeat Hamas]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/israel-gaza-hamas-war-ground-invasion-rcna121249</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Israel has a big opportunity. It can still refuse to walk into the trap that Hamas has set.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Consequences for Crossing the Line]]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/trump-gag-order-court-consequences-social-media-free-speech-engeron</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Backing down is what bullies do when someone stands up to them]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the House GOP Witness List Says About Impeachment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/09/28/james-comer-brings-the-maga-circus-to-town-what-the-witness-list-says-about-impeachment/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With a looming government shutdown in days, the GOP has picked the perfect time for their ultimate distraction]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Menendez Must Resign]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4221345-why-menendez-must-resign/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' indictment'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of Sen.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Robert Menendez'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of New Jersey alleges misconduct that you might expect to read in a trashy crime novel:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Dems Keep Winning Battleground Special Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4213712-democrats-keep-winning-special-elections-in-battleground-states/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elections are the answer to Trumpism, which aims to undermine the Constitution that protects our freedoms.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Phony Impeachment Will Backfire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/09/15/gops-phony-impeachment-will-backfire--and-mccarthy-will-pay-the-price/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz and their Freedom Caucus allies, along with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, announced an evidence-free impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. They were doing what members of the MAGA cult do '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' taking their marching orders'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Good Week for the Rule of Law]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/09/02/a-good-week-for-the-rule-of-law-with-democracy-in-crisis-courts-are-doing-their-job/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rudy's smackdown was more than symbolic: America's courts are holding the line as the place where truth matters]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Judge Chose Exactly Right Trial Date for Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/29/opinions/trump-chutkan-march-4-trial-date-aftergut-abramson/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Monday, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan set a March 4 start date for former President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s federal criminal trial on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The public has a right to a prompt and efficient resolution of this matter,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Chutkan said.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Labels? No Ideas]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/no-labels-no-ideas</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Scheming to run a third-party presidential candidate, the group has released a banal bogus 'platform.']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Takeaways From High Court's Abortion Pill Ruling]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/five-takeaways-from-the-supreme-court-s-abortion-pill-ruling/ar-AA1ackYL</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court's decision is good for science and especially good for women.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Possible Georgia Indictment Will Be Worse for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/new-york-trump-indictment-shouldnt-eclipse-potential-georgia-indictmen-rcna77739</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Five reasons why an indictment in Georgia may ultimately be even more monumental than the one in New York.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Ominous Attacks on Prosecutors Won't Work]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/03/29/on-prosecutors-are-ominous--but-they-wont-work/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump continues to escalate the intimidation and violent threats. None of that will save him from prosecution]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Weaponization Subcommittee Fires Blanks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/jim-jordans-weaponization-subcommittee-keeps-firing-blanks/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jim Jordan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s premise as chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government is apparent: If at first you don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t succeed with political stunts dressed up as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'investigations,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' change the subject and try again.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stakes in WI Supreme Court Election Could Not Be Higher]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-stakes-in-wisconsin-s-state-supreme-court-election-could-not-be-higher/ar-AA17OzS5</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, in a state judicial election loaded with national significance, Wisconsin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s primary vote put progressive Judge Janet Protasiewicz in the cat-bird seat for the swing seventh vote on the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s supreme court. Her 46 percent tally in a four-way race nearly doubled the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Flipped the Pa. House This Week--and It Matters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/02/11/democrats-flipped-the-pennsylvania-this-week--heres-why-that-matters/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Democratic majority in Harrisburg is about more than one party in one state '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' it's a sign of real progress]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Can Choose To Stop Political Violence]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/americans-can-stop-political-violence-e2-80-94-if-we-choose/ar-AA13CPu1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A perfect storm of political violence is upon us. The horrific Oct. 28 attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at their San Francisco home is the latest sign. MAGA forces have heightened the danger by blaming their rivals for the violence that their own lies have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Judge's Decision Screams Trump Is Above the Law]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/07/the-trump-special-master-ruling-violates-the-principle-that-no-one-is-above-the-law</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/07/the-trump-special-master-ruling-violates-the-principle-that-no-one-is-above-the-law]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Judge Aileen Cannon's opinion screams out that she applies more lenient rules to Donald Trump]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Should Be Worried After FBI Search]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/15/opinions/search-warrant-trumps-mar-a-lago-trump-criminal-liability/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's groundless caterwauling this past week proves he's concerned about possible prosecution. He should be. There are just too many ongoing investigations to think that he can dodge them all, write Norman Eisen, Asha Rangappa and Dennis Aftergut]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Merrick Garland Turned the Tables on Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2022/08/12/how-merrick-garland-turned-the-tables-on--and-made-allies-look-foolish/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After Garland's press conference '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and reports that Trump may have taken nuclear documents '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' will the GOP shut up?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SCOTUS Poised To Cut Heart Out of Majority Rule]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/op-ed-the-supreme-court-is-poised-to-cut-the-heart-out-of-majority-rule/ar-AAZdCiN?li=BBnb7Kz</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the court's conservatives adopt the independent state legislature theory, they would be making up law to create an outcome of one-party rule.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Humiliation of John Durham]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/the-humiliation-of-trump-backed-prosecutor-john-durham/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hired by Bill Barr to investigate the Trump investigators, the prosecutor had little to show for his work even before his defeat in court yesterday.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Perdue&rsquo;s Loss Is Good; Kemp&rsquo;s Win Is Not]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/opinions/georgia-primary-kemp-perdue-trump-democracy-eisen-aftergut</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some are welcoming the fact that former President Donald Trump's standard-bearer for governor and for his]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Right Keeps Pushing Rule of Law to the Brink]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/28/the-trumpian-right-keeps-pushing-rule-of-law-to-the-brink-but-the-law-is-winning</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some Republicans in Congress allegedly considered using martial law to keep Trump in office. Thankfully our institutions have held the line]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[3 Midterm Messages Biden Should Double Down On]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3270489-three-messages-biden-should-double-down-on-before-the-midterms/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3270489-three-messages-biden-should-double-down-on-before-the-midterms/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden should seize on these themes'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' if he wants to avoid a wave election'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that hands control of Congress to his adversaries.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jackson's Nomination About Much More Than Race]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/596500-who-the-judge-is-matters-but-not-always-the-way-people-think</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A great judge is the sum of many parts: intelligence, commitment to the rule of law, experience, temperament, ability to work well with others, persuasiveness. Add to those qualities the ability to empathically understand others.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress Must Pass Massive Voting Rights Bill Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/22/congress-must-pass-voting-rights-bill</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Freedom to Vote Act rivals the 1965 Voting Rights Act as the greatest expansion of ballot access in our history]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What States Can Do to Protect Abortion Rights]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/571927-what-states-can-do-to-protect-abortion-rights-from-a-conservative-supreme</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pro-choice states have legislative tools on their belts to protect women's right to control their own bodies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hawley Tramples the 2020 Vote in His Run to 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/532360-sen-hawley-tramples-the-2020-vote-in-his-run-to-2024</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like every Republican hopeful not named Trump, Hawley has been pondering how to jump the competition.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does the DOJ Work for the Trump Campaign Now?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/15/trump-justice-department-william-barr</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dennis Aftergut</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The US attorney general seems determined to turn the DoJ into a fully fledged arm of the Trump re-election team]]></description>
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