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To testify or not to testify… |
That was the question confronting Donald Trump in his civil trial concerning a rape allegation by writer E. Jean Carroll. But Trump missed Sunday's deadline to testify. And it's a good thing, writes former federal prosecutor James D. Zirin. "It would have been a disaster." |
"If Trump had been permitted to testify, his credibility would have been on the line. He would have had to face withering cross examination with a tough federal judge managing unresponsive and argumentative answers to keep him on track." Zirin imagines some of the questions Trump would have faced under cross examination, such as: "You said, did you not, that Ms. Carroll, was 'not my type.' Then you misidentified her in a photograph as your ex-wife Marla Maples. Was Marla Maples your type or not your type?" Oof. As numerous fact-checkers have documented, Trump is a notorious liar. But, says Zirin, "it is one thing to lie while campaigning for reelection in the court of public opinion, another to lie under oath in a courtroom. "If he had testified and lied in even a single instance, the jury might have believed that he was lying about everything." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Tuesday, May 9. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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Op-eds exploring key issues affecting the U.S. and world: |
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By Douglas E. Schoen, political consultant |
While Harris's ratings have improved slightly over the last few weeks, it is not an exaggeration, at this point, to suggest that she is a political liability for the Democratic Party. But by engaging her on issues that play to her advantage, like abortion rights, the Biden campaign can turn her into an asset — or at the very least, a net neutral. |
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By Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University |
The panic over the arrival of a risk management expert in this small college is that she may be working … wait for it … to lower the risk of lawsuits at the college. Oberlin, it appears, attracts lawsuits as much as liberals. The students fear that she will create "risk aversion" that could chill future protests. |
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By Thomas Gift, director of the Centre on US Politics at University College London |
The precipitous drop in Fox News viewership after Carlson's firing wasn't just about their guy being off-air. It was also a statement. Just like their recent boycott of Bud Light, conservatives are happy to engage in "cancel culture" when it involves someone or something they don't like. But anything that smacks of censoring their own side, and the knives come out. |
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By Jennifer E. Sciubba, senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies |
Policies to try and raise fertility are not nearly as politically unpalatable as raising pensionable ages, and they seem much more straightforward than trying to decrease inequalities in education or health disparities, so governments keep pursuing them. But unless we first accept that low fertility and population aging are here to stay, we will keep wasting money on this elusive goal. |
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