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3 Feb 2020, 5:03 am by David Post
So what's the point of hearing additional evidence on the matter? [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 12:16 pm by Quinta Jurecic, Alan Z. Rozenshtein
A president who brought the country to the brink of nuclear war just to goose election turnout in his favor would have abused his power, no matter how good he thought his presidency was for the nation; at some point, vanity, ego and delusion graduate from personal flaws to impeachable offenses, because they make it impossible for the president to carry out his constitutional responsibilities. [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 11:21 am by Keith E. Whittington
What a president should not do—and what senators should not accept as a viable defense—is claim that the use of his discretionary authority, no matter how tyrannical or dangerous, is beyond the reach of the impeachment power. [read post]
30 Jan 2020, 7:06 pm by Keith E. Whittington
Senators can put this matter in the hands of the voters, but they need not endorse a flawed understanding of the Constitution in order to do so. [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 12:44 pm by Keith E. Whittington
When Doug Collins complains that "liberal elites" are telling "millions of voters" that their preferences do not matter, he is both pointing to and reinforcing a divide that insists that an elected president represents only part of the country. [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 7:17 am by Jonathan H. Adler
(My co-blogger Keith Whittington would have made an excellent witness at that hearing.) [read post]
20 Jan 2020, 7:18 am by Bob Bauer
Keith Whittington has previously explained on Lawfare all the absurdities entailed by this position. [read post]
13 Jan 2020, 9:18 am by David Post
Co-blogger Keith Whittington posted a thoughtful essay here on the meaning of the special oath that Senators will take before the trial convenes, swearing to "do impartial justice" in impeachment proceedings. [read post]
22 Dec 2019, 12:09 pm by Keith E. Whittington
The process of impeachment might be a matter of constitutional construction, and the longstanding federal construction is that an impeachment occurs at the moment the House votes to adopt an impeachment resolution. [read post]
21 Dec 2019, 11:59 am by Keith E. Whittington
In that context, it matters when exactly an officer is impeached. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 4:29 pm by Keith E. Whittington
The answer matters more in the states, where some constitutions provide for the suspension of an officer upon his impeachment. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 11:55 am by Keith E. Whittington
But the distinction does sometimes matter in the states, because some state constitutions indicate that an impeached officer is suspended from his office until such a time that he is acquitted in an impeachment trial. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 12:21 pm by Keith E. Whittington
They would invite judges in to resolve not merely matters of individual right under the terms of the Constitution but also matters of interbranch relations. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 3:27 pm by Josh Blackman
However, even if Trump loses, I agree with co-blogger Keith Whittington that a former President could be impeached. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 4:30 am by Keith E. Whittington
Whether they have made the right call on whether the president should be convicted and removed will be a matter for their constituents to consider when next they stand for election. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 2:44 am by Matrix Legal Support Service
On Monday 16 and Tuesday 16 December 2019, the Court will hear the appeal of XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust. [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 2:02 pm by Ilya Somin
There is a longstanding debate over how much discretion the Constitution allows Congress to delegate to the president on such matters. [read post]