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Whatever Happened to Deciding Elections at the Ballot Box, Not in the Courtroom?

A judge in France disqualifies Marine Le Pen from running for president, as Democrats dream of doing here.

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President Trump with attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 29, 2024. Jabin Botsford-pool/Getty Images
DANIEL McCARTHY
DANIEL McCARTHY

Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom — unless you’re French, or, in this country, a liberal.

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DANIEL McCARTHY
DANIEL McCARTHY

Mr. McCarthy is a vice president at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the editor-in-chief of its magazine Modern Age: A Conservative Review. He is also a regular contributor to the Spectator’s World edition. He has a long association with the American Conservative, and his writing has appeared in an array of publications, including the New York Times, USA Today, First Things, the Claremont Review of Books, Reason, the Daily Telegraph and the New York Post.

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