The Justin Amash Test

The Justin Amash Test

The next time a Republican politician claims to put principle before partisanship, ask what he or she did when Representative Justin Amash came under attack. The Michigan Republican, elected in 2010 at the height of the Tea Party wave, has always presented himself as a libertarian-leaning adherent of limited government. How would Republicans react to an honest politician staying loyal to the Constitution as he understands it?