Leading Democrats are promising that, if elected in 2020, they will abolish the Electoral College and might also pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Under new Russian law, critics of government are now considered criminals
All who value the free exchange of ideas should fear what this portends.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Presidential popular vote is what Americans want, and it’s what will work
Maine should join other states in helping to fix a broken system.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Popular-vote compact won’t work
If successful, this proposal could send Maine’s votes to a candidate who wasn’t even on the ballot.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Marc A. Thiessen: Republicans must stop Trump from undermining Congress’ power of the purse
Using presidential emergency authority to fund a rejected policy priority is unconstitutional – what if Obama were doing it?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Compact wrong way to fix Electoral College
Changing such well-established law with a back-door approach invites unintended consequences.
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Our View: Don’t allow public-access TV to get pushed aside
Officials should hold telecom providers to their commitment to fund local channels until the stations make the transition to a post-cable world.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Why make anyone register for the military draft?
Progress isn’t adding women to what may be an obsolete system.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Family Planning president: Why we’re going to court over Trump’s gag rule
A medically unjustified decision will make it harder for tens of thousands of Mainers to access critical services.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: 12-year-old journalist schools police officer on ‘that freedom-of-the-press stuff’
As the right to know falls on hard times, it’s heartening to see Hilde Kate Lysiak take a stand.