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Impeachment

The Trump Impeachment and the Question of Precedent

Bob Bauer Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 8:00 AM

In speeches sounding the alarm about “toxic” precedent, Sen. Mitch McConnell has set forth a questionable view of the law of impeachment with serious implications for the future of this constitutional remedy.

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Scholarship

The Recommendations Clause as a Tool of Executive Power

Benjamin Schwartz Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 8:35 AM

Much has been written about the Trump administration’s broad understanding of the scope of executi

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Executive Power

Can the President Be Indicted? A Response to Laurence Tribe.

Philip Bobbitt Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 8:00 AM

Laurence Tribe has proposed a novel argument to assert that a sitting president can be indicted. Because I feel so strongly otherwise, and because I have such regard for Professor Tribe, I want to reply to his claims.