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Imagine Being this Weak and Subservient to Donald Trump

Then there are the nominees. Hawk turns to Senate Judiciary confirmation hearings, where Cory Booker and Richard Blumenthal keep asking a question none of them will touch: who won the 2020 election.

There is a legal wrinkle worth noting. The question as phrased lets a witness pivot to the Electoral College and the congressional certification. Asking who won the popular vote in 2020 would close that door and pin them down.

Two of the four nominees in this hearing are headed for federal judgeships. One already holds an Article III lifetime appointment and is up for the Court of Appeals, meaning…

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