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25 Mar 2020, 10:38 am by Jack Goldsmith, Ben Miller-Gootnick
” And if both the president and vice president cannot serve, “Congress may by Law . . . declar[e] what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 2:31 pm by Keith E. Whittington
Supreme Court but also lots of material from other participants in debates over the content of our constitutional rules, including lower federal courts, state courts, legislative debates, executive branch documents, and civil discourse from social movement leaders, politicians, and scholars. [read post]
9 Mar 2020, 11:04 am by William Ford, Elliot Setzer
.: The House Oversight and Reform Committee will hold a hearing on improving congressional oversight of the executive branch. [read post]
24 Feb 2020, 9:59 am by William Ford, Elliot Setzer
The subcommittee will hear testimony from Ian Brownlee, the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for consular affairs; Jonathan Fritz, a deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; William Walters, the executive director of the State Department's Bureau of Medical Services; and Robert Redfield, the director of the U.S. [read post]
11 Feb 2020, 5:00 am by Charlotte Butash, Hilary Hurd
Pursuant to House Committee Rule 15(e)––a seldom-used rule from the early 2000s––the House barred agency counsel from impeachment-inquiry depositions but did permit witnesses to be accompanied by private counsel. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 12:42 pm by Elliot Setzer, William Ford
.: The Center for Strategic and International Studies will host a half-day China Initiative Conference, featuring remarks by John Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Christopher Wray, FBI Director; and William Barr, U.S. [read post]
13 Jan 2020, 11:57 am by Hannah Kris, William Ford
.: The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on the nominationsof James McPherson to serve as the undersecretary of the Army and of Charles Williams to serve as the assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations and the environment. [read post]
21 Dec 2019, 11:59 am by Keith E. Whittington
As it noted, the early American constitutional treatise writer William Rawle had emphasized that impeachment is "a known definite term" inherited from England and meant "bring[ing] the charge before the other branch. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 11:16 am by Gordon Ahl, William Ford
Reynolds, John Hudak, William A. [read post]
15 Dec 2019, 9:01 pm by Series of Essays
Margulies, a law professor at Roger Williams University School of Law. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 12:55 pm by Gordon Ahl, William Ford
.: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) will hear testimony from Jennifer Williams, the special advisor for Europe and Russia in the office of the vice president, and Lt. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 11:08 am by Gordon Ahl
The hearing will feature testimony from William B. [read post]
31 Oct 2019, 5:59 am by Jonathan Shaub
The two branches have increasingly engaged in constitutional “hardball,” asserting more aggressive positions and engendering a more aggressive response from the other branch in return. [read post]
As Chief Justice William Rehnquist said in a 1990 speech, the impeachment power is a “wild card” that by then had twice nearly “upset the checks and balances established by the Constitution. [read post]
25 Oct 2019, 10:00 am by Eugene Volokh
[E]xactly what speech a person knows will "tend to expose any other living person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule" may not be so easily determined in a diverse, pluralistic nation. [read post]