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You must be registered with the WSJ to view the entire article. Americans don’t like the idea of a national identity card. But in an era of intense controversies over election integrity and illegal immigration, it is time to rethink the subject. Our views on national identity documents trace back to the British. When the U.S. was founded, immigration was largely unregulated, and people knew their neighbors, so voting was secure. We are now in a crisis in which many people lack confidence in the integrity of elections. Some of these fears are unfounded*, but in 2020 unsolicited mai...

The spirit of the people was not resonant with the principles of their documents. this is one of those moments where folks 20 years from now, 50 years from now, 100 years from now are going to look back and see what the actors did when they had a test of history. and i think it is truly disappointing and discouraging and damaging to our republic when mitch mcconnell, who is the head of the senate right now, does not deal with this in an objective way with gravity for what the process is going to have to be. for him to speak in a way that is a spit in the eye of the constitutional intent is ugl...

We appreciate your joining us tonight. i just want to get one more question here about mitch mcconnell. are you surprised he went so far in his public comments to say he has no intention of being impartial when the word impartial actually appears in your oath as jurors in the united states senate? >> yeah, surprise is a small -- doesn't even fully cover it. you know, there's a great speech where he talked about the documents, lots of countries have had a really well written constitutional documents, and they were worth nothing because the spirit of this people was not resonant with the princip...

They were worth nothing because the spirit of this people was not resonant with the principles of their documents. this is one of those moments where folks 20 years from now, 50 years from now, 100 years from now are going to look back and see what happened when they had a test of history. and i think it is truly disappointing and discouraging and damaging to our republic when mitch mcconnell, who is the head of the senate right now, does not deal with this in an objective way with gravity for what a process is going to have to be, for him to speak in a way that is spit in the eye of the const...

Issue. let's get some perspective. bret bear spoke with republican senator from west virginia. >> good evening, nice to be on, thanks. >> the focus in washington has been and will be likely for the next few weeks at least, impeachment. and it seems like it's heading towards your side of the capitol with you as a juror. as you sit here tonight, having watched what you've watched, how do you see this? >> i see it as the political blunt instrument that it's been through the entire process, when the hearings were private, it was pretty obvious that the democrats were using this as a way to be dest...