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22 Feb 2024, 2:04 pm by Josh Blackman
Moreover, supporters of the House's decision to impeach Senator Blount may also find this view persuasive. [read post]
19 Feb 2024, 8:57 am by John Mikhail
Trump’s contention that every officer of the United States must be appointed, not elected, therefore appears to be at odds with what the federal government actually did when it enacted the Oath Act, as well as with the oath Adams took two days later. [read post]
10 Feb 2024, 10:28 pm by Josh Blackman
That day, a motion was made to add "[t]he [V]ice-President and other Civil officers of the U. [read post]
3 Feb 2024, 9:52 am by Marty Lederman
 Trump concedes, as he must (Br. at 24-25), that the President is an “officer” for purposes of the Constitution.[1]  After all, the Constitution refers to the President’s “office” or to the “Office of the President” almost two dozen times.[2]  He insists, however, that the qualifying phrase “of the United States” in Section 3 serves to exclude the President, as well as the Vice-President, Senators and House… [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 8:09 am by Kurt Lash
I would of course be delighted to publish any response to this item as well. [read post]
27 Jan 2024, 7:54 pm by Josh Blackman
[This post is co-authored with Professor Seth Barrett Tillman] On January 18, Professor Akhil Reed Amar and Professor Vikram Amar filed an amicus brief in Trump v. [read post]
9 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm by Josh Blackman
Here the article invoked the same reasoning used by Chief Justice Marshall in United States v. [read post]
28 Dec 2023, 9:05 pm by Noah Brown
Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 7:54 am by Josh Blackman
On December 6, the Colorado Supreme Court heard oral argument in Griswold v. [read post]
12 Feb 2021, 11:53 am by Philip Bobbitt
” And if he’s not a civil officer in the first place, well then you don’t need to bother removing him. [read post]
11 Feb 2021, 2:35 pm by Josh Blackman
In his classic book about presidential impeachments, Grand Inquests, Chief Justice Rehnquist observed that, during times of conflict, "[p]rovisions in the Constitution for judicial independence, or provisions guaranteeing freedom of speech to the President as well as others, suddenly appear as obstacles to the accomplishment of the greater good. [read post]
3 Feb 2021, 3:00 pm by Josh Blackman
Moreover, the primary evidence against Blount was a letter, purportedly signed by Blount. [read post]