Conservative Majority Seems Ready to Limit Election Case Against Trump

[David Lockmiller]

The New York Times story reads in pertinent part:

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said that a ruling for Mr. Trump could enhance democratic values.

“A stable, democratic society requires that a candidate who loses an election, even a close one, even a hotly contested one, leave office peacefully,” he said, adding that the prospect of criminal prosecution would make that less likely.


Immediately after the election, on November 10, 1864, in response to a serenade from his supporters, President Lincoln began his short speech with this observation:

"It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its own existence, in great emergencies."