George W. Bush, justifying his establishment of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, stated back in 2008 that “I’ve abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.” We are now seeing the Democrat version of that political non sequitur.

Democrats and some never-Trump Republicans are now arguing that they must — not just can, but must — destroy democracy to save democracy. The holier-than-thou attitude of many on the left prevents them from recognizing the gross hypocrisy and authoritarianism behind their attempts to prevent a Trump second term.

Attempts to remove Trump from the ballot in various states are based on a fraudulent legal theory. The words “Senator” and “Representative in Congress” appear in the text of the Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, the section that excludes those who commit "rebellion or insurrection" from serving in those offices. The president and vice president are not listed in that section. That alone is enough to validate the argument that this provision does not apply to Trump.

Furthermore, the statute that defines the punishment for “rebellion or insurrection,” Title 18 USC 238, has never been........

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