
The Final Battle for America's Democracy
January 3, When the Republican House Refuses to Seat the Democrat Majority-Elect to the 120th Congress
Former United States Court of Appeals Judge (1991-2006
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January 3, When the Republican House Refuses to Seat the Democrat Majority-Elect to the 120th Congress

"You are lifted and inspired by the majestic cadence of the boldest, the noblest, and best known of all American writings. Even at home there are some who hope it will not be read too loudly"

My remarks this afternoon, June 22, 2026, at the Election Integrity Summit of the Cleveland Municipal Bar Association and the Task Force for American Democracy in Cleveland, Ohio.

"For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other" Thomas Paine 1776

The speech that Justice Clarence Thomas gave last week at the University of Texas could prove to be the single most important speech of political and constitutional philosophy that never should have been given.

I was honored that the Reverend Bishop William J.

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If we but find the courage to speak truth to power now, today, as did the Founders and our ancestors when their time of testing came, the United States of America will endure forever.