Trump Impeachment Tag

Dawn of The Dead-On-Arrival Impeachment Trial – Defense Case LIVE

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 12, 2021 40 Comments

President Donald Trump's defense team starts its defense at 12 p.m. ET.

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LA Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy flips, votes Senate Trial constitutional

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2021 124 Comments

I only watched a small portion of the Night of the Living Dead-on-Arrival Senate trial of Donald Trump.

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Impeachment Trial: Trump Lawyers Present Arguments on Constitutionality of the Trial

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 09, 2021 51 Comments

The Senate kicks off President Donald Trump's impeachment trial today at 1 p.m. ET.

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Night of The Living Dead-on-Arrival Impeachment Trial

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 08, 2021 80 Comments

The Senate Trial of Donald Trump starts Tuesday, February 9, 2021. The trial is a Zombie because, as Rand Paul famously said, it's “Dead On Arrival” After 45 Senators Vote It’s Unconstitutional.

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Law Prof Who Mocked Barron Trump at 2020 Impeachment Hearing Joining DOJ Civil Rights Division

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 07, 2021 40 Comments

Stanford Law Professor Pamela Karlan is leaving her position on Facebook's 'oversight committee' to join the civil rights division at the Department of Justice. You may remember Karlan from her testimony at Trump's first impeachment hearing in 2019.

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Trump’s Lawyer Previews Defense Strategy, Says Will Use Videos of Democrats During Trial

Posted by Stacey Matthews on February 07, 2021 36 Comments

Last week, President Trump announced a new team of lawyers who would be presenting his defense during the Senate's impeachment trial, which is scheduled to begin later this week.

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Trump attorney responds to Democrat demand that Trump testify during second impeachment trial

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 04, 2021 21 Comments

Democrat House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin insisted Trump testify in-person during next week's clown show impeachment trial. Trump's office wasted no time responding. Full letter beneath:

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The Speech As Incitement Case Against Trump Continues to Crumble

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 31, 2021 112 Comments

Not long after the Capitol riots, the evidence was already starting to pile up that the Capitol breaching was likely a preplanned attack rather than a spontaneous one "incited" by President Trump during the speech he gave that day.

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Zombie Impeachment: Rand Paul Declares Trump Senate Trial “Dead On Arrival” After 45 Senators Vote It’s Unconstitutional

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 26, 2021 71 Comments

Senator Rand Paul brought a motion today declaring that the upcoming trial of former president Donald Trump was unconstitutional, because the Senate has no constitutional authority to try a former president.

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Reports: Chief Justice John Roberts Will Not Preside At Upcoming Trump Senate Trial

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 25, 2021 92 Comments

Multiple news organizations are reporting that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will not preside at the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump.

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Mitt Romney on board with post-departure impeachment trial of Trump

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 24, 2021 105 Comments

A post-departure Senate impeachment trial of a former President is unconstitutional. Just read the plain text of the constitution, which talks of a trial of the president, not a former president. None of the opinion to the contrary explains the absense of the word "former" (or similar) in the text of the constituational impeachment provisions.

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Pelosi Will Deliver Article of Impeachment Against Trump to the Senate on Monday

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 22, 2021 136 Comments

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will deliver the article of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday, January 25. The House voted to impeach Trump for inciting the Capitol Hill riots on January 6th.

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Report: Senate Republicans Negotiating Terms of Unconstitutional Post-Departure Trump Impeachment Trial

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2021 149 Comments

The Democrats plan to put Donald Trump on trial even though he no longer is in office. It's plainly unconstitutional, for reasons explained in prior posts:

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Rep. Liz Cheney Gets Primary Challenger After Voting to Impeach Trump

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 21, 2021 44 Comments

Trump-supporting Republicans are tired of being sold out by members of their own party. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) voted with the Democrats to impeach Trump last week and already has a primary challenger as a result. Expect more of this.

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Impeachment Problem? Chief Justice Roberts May Not Have Constitutional Authority To Preside At Trial Of FORMER President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2021 108 Comments

Donald Trump no longer will be president as of noon on January 20, 2021, when Joe Biden is sworn in. At some point after that, possibly just hours, the Senate under control of Democrats will initiate an impeachment trial of the then-former president.

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Impeachment 2.0 – No, the Senate cannot convict Trump after he leaves office

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2021 68 Comments

The U.S. House will be voting today to impeach Trump. It's a done deal because Democrats have the majority, and probably will get about 20 Republicans to join them. Then it eventually heads to the Senate for trial, where Mitch McConnell has said the earliest a trial could be held under Senate Rules (unless there is unanimous consent to waive them, which will not happen) is an hour after Biden takes office on January 20.

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Pelosi’s Trump Impeachment Managers Include Rep. Eric Swalwell

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 13, 2021 30 Comments

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi named nine managers to lead President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial. The list includes Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA), who had a recent controversy involving a Chinese spy, and Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD), who objected to certifying the 2016 election.

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Professor Jonathan Turley Warns Democrat Attempt at Swift Impeachment Would Damage Constitution

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 12, 2021 5 Comments

"It would create precedent for the impeachment of any president blamed for violent acts of others after using reckless language."...

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