Mark R. Weaver

Although the Republican or Democratic Parties didn't exist during the times of George Washington and James Madison, bitter partisanship and gamesmanship did.

This was logic and reason extinguishing hysteria and fallacy. And it came when America needed it most.

Based on modern legislative interpretations of impeachable conduct, the U.S. House of Representatives has enough evidence to impeach President Joe Biden.

Upholding such distinctions supports a balanced approach where free speech rights are weighed in tandem with free association.

While Hunter was lying to get a gun, his dad was calling for more aggressive federal prosecutions of people who lie on gun registration forms.

The soft stroke of a presidential pen, extending grace to someone wholly undeserving of it, is exactly what we need to unite this divided nation.

We've learned that federal law enforcement must follow the Constitution with the diligence and discipline of a marathon runner in training.

The Sandy Hook families deserve real compensation, but James Madison would be the first to warn us that these must be the rarest of cases.

A special prosecutor must be appointed immediately, or the Biden Justice Department will have squandered the trustworthiness crucial to upholding the rule of law.

We don't need a director to yell "cut" to see that this chaotic scene is over.

The hysteria surrounding the Capitol riot does something even more dangerous than the riot itself accomplished.

Citizenship in a Democracy means we run the joint, to put it simply. All the suits and pantsuits on Capitol Hill and in the state capitols report directly to us. And this is just as true for local school boards.

The question Cosby's release raises is a crucial one for prosecutors running for office: Will the campaign promises made by a prosecutorial wannabe with a partisan agenda set the stage for a dangerous criminal being able to dodge the reckoning of the justice system?

The Sheppard case is instructive in trying to understand our own moment—especially the crucial question of whether the guilty verdict against Chauvin will hold. And the Sheppard precedent may just result in Chauvin's guilty verdict being overturned by the Supreme Court.

No procedures run by fallible humans will ever be perfect, so setting that as the standard is naïve and absurd.

How to assemble a national jigsaw puzzle that seems like a jumble of pieces from two different boxes, one red and one blue? I suggest an agreement on a national touchstone.

Did The Atlantic inadvertently make the case to regulate "dark journalism" like "dark money?"

Thus far, District Attorney Paul Howard has not properly handled the Rayshard Brooks shooting case.