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November 26 2024

Krull Commentary: Micah Beckwith speaks for everyone, all the time

By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com November 25, 2024 Micah Beckwith wants to own free speech. It’s not that the incoming Indiana lieutenant governor wants to understand the issue of unfettered expression in all its complexities. Nor does he care to be a champion of human being “...”

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November 20 2024

Krull Commentary: This problem won’t solve itself

This commentary was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile November 20, 2024 Politicians never should be trusted with policing themselves. Maybe they can’t do it. Possibly they won’t do it. Inevitably they don’t do it. Organization Day “...”

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October 17 2024

KRULL COMMENTARY: How the courts went wrong

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull The StatehouseFile.com October 16, 2024 So, the three justices on the Indiana Supreme Court up for retention in November now face an organized opposition from Hoosiers angered about Indiana’s draconian “...”

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September 27 2024

KRULL COMMENTARY: Todd Rokita and the art of the slow-moving disaster

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 27, 2024 It appears the slow-motion trainwreck that is Todd Rokita’s Indiana attorney generalship will inch even more slowly than thought to its inevitable smashup. Maril “...”

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September 17 2024

KRULL COMMENTARY: The problem with polls

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 16, 2024 Destiny Wells’ campaign released the results of a poll a few days ago. The poll said that Wells, the Democratic candidate for Indiana attorney general, and Jenni “...”

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September 05 2024

KRULL COMMENTARY: Richard Lugar and a path forward

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com September 4, 2024 They gather on a gorgeous late summer day to recall a man who embodied all they believed in and a moment in time when his virtues could shape history. The crowd gat “...”

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August 02 2024

KRULL COMMENTARY: Biden antes up on the Supreme Court

By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com July 31, 2024 President Joe Biden’s proposal to reform the U.S. Supreme Court is more an opening bid in a high-stakes political poker game than it is a serious proposal. It’s designed to put pressure on the justices sitting on the nation’ “...”

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June 28 2024

KRULL COMMENTARY: Not a great night for America

By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 28, 2024 Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump had difficult and important work to do when they stepped before the cameras in Atlanta for the first presidential debate of this election year. Each man had to address grave doubts about his candida “...”

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February 22 2024

Krull commentary: Todd Rokita protests too much

By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com February 21, 2024 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has the most curious notions of law and justice and right and wrong. While he talks about these things constantly, it’s obvious he has no idea what they mean. Nor does he seem to think th “...”

July 27 2023

John Krull commentary: Todd Rokita shows how special he is

By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com July 27, 2023 Todd Rokita sure is a piece of work. Indiana’s attorney general has, shall we say, an expansive notion of just how much privacy he is entitled to as a public servant. But plain, ordinary citizens of the state of Indiana? Not so “...”