The House committee hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, invasion of the Capitol performed a useful educational service by detailing how former President Donald Trump incited the insurrection and rejected pleas to stop it.
But its extensive disclosures will go largely for naught unless they lead to meaningful reforms in the situation that prompted the failed effort by Trump’s allies to keep Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election.
Fortunately, both the House and Senate are making serious legislative efforts to clarify the ambiguities in the existing law and make it far harder for future election losers to prevent what was supposed to be a routine certification procedure.
