23-05-2025
The weighty lesson from Arizona's ‘fake electors' stumble
After the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Donald Trump's opponents had a dilemma. The president's behavior had been egregious, but the Senate acquitted him in an impeachment trial. He had to be criminally charged — but for what? His role in the riot seemed to entail First Amendment-protected speech, such as sharing falsehoods about the 2020 election on social media and delivering a rowdy political speech on the Ellipse.
