Robert J. McWhirter

Robert J. McWhirter is a constitutional law expert and a practicing criminal defense and civil rights lawyer in Maricopa County, Arizona. In 2022, he published a book, “Fixing the Framers’ Failure: The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and America’s New Birth of Freedom," an analysis of how individual liberty has evolved in the U.S. Constitution.

Guest Authors
White House

Donald Trump’s Incompetency and the Immigration Shell Game

If Trump destroys enough of democracy, he will discourage immigrants from coming by turning the United States into what he calls “a shithole country.”

By Robert J. McWhirter

February 18, 2025

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Democracy Reform
Litigation

How Far Can Democracy Bend Before It Breaks?

Yes, the Supreme Court, another institution of democracy, bent to accommodate Donald J. Trump. Maybe it was the correct decision.

By Robert J. McWhirter

March 28, 2024

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