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WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 1500 attorneys – including former ABA and state Bar presidents, retired federal judges and state Supreme Court justices, and former leaders of lawyer disciplinary bodies – have signed an Open Letter urging Bar Associations to condemn President Trump’s campaign attorneys and urging Bar disciplinary authorities to investigate the attorneys’ conduct. The conduct relates to unfounded lawsuits seeking to overturn the presidential election and to false and deceitful public statements asserting election fraud – statements the lawyers have made to the public, but that they have not dared to make in court. Lawyers Defending American Democracy...

This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thirty years ago, Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile to found a totalitarian theocracy -- the likes of which we have not seen for hundreds of years, perhaps even since medieval Europe. Thirty years ago, Iranian militants took American embassy workers hostage. Thirty years ago was the last time I saw Iran. To this day, I have not been able to return. In 1979, the new Iranian clerical regime promised the Iranian people a republic. By definition, a "republic" is a state in which the supreme power...

--In addition to all of our other problems - terror, international delegitimization, disagreement over disengagement, Iranian nuclear weapons, socio-economic gaps, religious-secular tensions, etc. - Israel is also in the midst of a leadership crisis. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon may be indicted for allegedly using his influence, while serving as foreign minister in 1999, to advance shady business deals, including a crony’s attempt to buy a Greek island for development. The evidence is not entirely clear, and even if he stands trial, he might not be found guilty, but if the attorney general issues an indictment, Sharon may be forced to...