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Partisan polarization has brought the Age of Futile Impeachments into full blossom. Perhaps there is a better way to condemn a president’s actions.
An excerpt adapted from the authors’ new book, “Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump” (William Morrow, 2022).
The newly released memo reveals the reasoning that then Attorney General Bill Barr relied on to decline to prosecute former President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation.
The big reveal from Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony and the Jan. 6 hearings that nobody’s talking about.
The Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has raised questions on whether consequences should be imposed on any of the elected officials responsible. A comparative analysis of the methods of discipline against politicians in different democracies can illustrate the costs and benefits of disqualification in the American context and opportunities for improvement.
Trump’s acquittal made clear that the bar for convicting ex-officials is higher—but not insuperable. More than two-thirds of the Senate left the door open to convict ex-officials in the future.
Congress needs to clearly establish the Senate’s role in fact-finding during impeachment and define the procedure as a constitutional, not a legal, process.
On Feb. 13, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., the Senate will convene to resume the second Senate impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump. Trump is charged with incitement of insurrection for his role in stoking the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol with baseless claims of a stolen election.
You can watch a livestream of the trial here or below:
It is a mistake to twist the Constitution in order to fashion a weapon to punish Donald Trump.
On Feb. 12, 2021, at 12:00 p.m., the Senate will convene to resume the second Senate impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump. Trump is charged with incitement of insurrection for his role in stoking the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol with baseless claims of a stolen election.
You can watch a livestream of the trial here or below: