Showing posts with label impeachment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label impeachment. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Trump, Nixon, Clinton

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Many  posts have  discussed   impeachment , including the  impeachment  of  former officials . At The Bulwark, Jill Lawrence compares Trump ...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Independence of the Judiciary

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Many posts have discusse d the independence of the judiciary . Adam Liptak at NYT: Just hours after President Trump called for the impeach...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Presidential Immunity

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 Gary Schmitt at AEI writes about James Wilson and presidential immunity from prosecution: Let’s begin with Wilson’s response to Edmund Ran...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Is Maladministration an Impeachable Offense? Madison Said no.

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Many  posts have  discussed   impeachment , including the  impeachment  of  former officials . Records of the Federal Convention [1:85; Madi...
Friday, April 2, 2021

A Republican Executive

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 At AEI, Joseph M. Bessette and Gary J. Schmitt have a report titled "Crafting a Republican Executive: The Presidency and the Constitut...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Impeachment Trial Oaths

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Many   posts  have discussed  oaths of office .    From CRS: The Presiding Officer of the trial takes the oath of office . The Constitution ...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Impeachment and Trial of Former Officials

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Many posts have discussed impeachment , including the impeachment of former officials . From CRS: The Constitution does not directly addr...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Belknap and Impeachment Trials

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 Andra Belknap (Pitzer `09)  at USA Today : Can Congress even impeach someone who is no longer in office ? What’s the point of voting to im...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Fast-Track Impeachment

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A number of posts have discussed impeachmen t.  Today, the House will impeach the incumbent president for the second time. H.Res. 24 is...
Saturday, January 9, 2021

Impeachment of Former Officials

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Michael Gerhardt at Just Security: The Constitution provides that the President “shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conv...
Monday, January 27, 2020

Impeachment Trial Rules

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James Wallner at LegBranch.org: When the Senate is sitting on an impeachment trial, the motions that senators may make are derived, explic...
Monday, December 30, 2019

There Is No Impeachment Clock

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At Legislative Procedure, Casey Burgat points out that articles of impeachment do not come with a clock: Other than outlining broad roles...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

High Crimes and Misdemeanors

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At AEI, Joseph M. Bessette and Gary Schmitt have reissued their 1998 report, "What Does `High Crimes and Misdemeanors' Mean?" ...
Monday, September 30, 2019

Impeachment and Senate Trial

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When the House impeaches an official, does the Senate have to act? The Constitution does not directly address this question, but Senate r...
Thursday, September 26, 2019

Impeachment

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Gary J. Schmitt at AEI: At the time of the Constitutional Convention, the phrase—borrowed from British legal practice and the ongoing impe...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Second Thoughts on Bill Clinton

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At The Atlantic , Caitlin Flanagan writes the Democrats were wrong to look away from Bill Clinton's sexual harassment: When more than...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Nixon Checked Out on 12/6/73

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As impeachment talks edges into the mainstream, it is worth remembering how Nixon handled it. At Research and Politics , Matthew N. Beckma...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

Impeachment and the Emoluments Clause

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At Brookings, Norman Eisen, Richard Painter, and Laurence H. Tribe have an brief titled "The Emoluments Clause: Its text, meaning, and ...
Friday, September 12, 2014

The Constitution and Contemporary Politics

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Tenth Annual Constitution Day Conference Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Simi Valley, California  September 13, 2014 Resource...
Sunday, August 3, 2014

Impeachment, Bush, and Obama

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Carl Cannon writes of impeachment talk and the House lawsuit against the president: ... Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee called the lawsuit resol...