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Posted by Scott Lucas | Feb 9, 2021 | Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial begins on Tuesday in the Senate, with House impeachment managers claiming “the most grievous constitutional crime” over Trump’s incitement of the attack on the US Capitol on January 6. The managers summarized the charge of “incitement of insurrection” in a five-page response to the 78-page brief filed by Trump’s defense team, which insisted that a former President cannot be tried for his actions. Most l...

The Trump Trial Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without This Impeachment The House managers in 1876 thought they had established a precedent. They did not count on modern Republicans. Secretary of War William Belknap resigned moments before being impeached in 1876.Credit...Library of Congress/Corbis -- VCG, via Getty Images By Richard White Mr. White is a historian who has written extensively about Reconstruction, the Gilded Age and the making of modern America. He has twice been a finalist fo...

Donald Trump's defense team filed a powerful brief eviscerating Democrats' case for impeachment. He made free speech and due process claims.

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Rep. Jim Jordan will cheer on former President Trump from the sidelines during his Senate impeachment trial Updated Feb 04, 2021; Posted Feb 04, 2021 U.S. representative Jim Jordan speaks at a campaign rally at the I-X center with President Donald Trump. cleveland.comcleveland.com Facebook Share WASHINGTON, D.C. - After leading President Donald Trump’s defense during last month’s U.S. House impeachment vote over Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Republican Rep. Jim Jo...

Yes, you can try a former president: a constitutional primer Kirk Jenkins FacebookTwitterEmail President Donald Trump turns to reporters as he exits the White House to walk toward Marine One on the South Lawn on Jan. 12.Olivier Douliery / AFP / TNS Counsel to former President Donald Trump will argue in the upcoming impeachment trial that an impeachment trial of a former president is unconstitutional. They are mistaken. Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution provides that a sitting officer mu...

Neon Nettle - Impeachment Managers: Evidence Against Trump Is Overwhelming - Democrats file pre-trial brief against President Trump

As Trump’s Trial Nears, Here’s a History of Unusual Impeachments Next week the U.S. Senate will begin its second impeachment trial of President Trump, who has already left office. A look back at what has happened in previous trials sheds some light on what might happen next week. Lindsay Chervinsky, Historian and Contributor   |   February 3, 2021   |  Analysis On Feb. 8, the Senate will begin the second impeachment trial of former Pres...

Act with integrity "The United States is a nation of laws, not men. And I do not believe we can ignore the facts or disregard the Constitution so that the president can be placed above the law." Those are the words spoken by then-Rep. Richard Burr upon voting to impeach Bill Clinton in 1999. I ask now-Sen. Burr to act with integrity, and carefully weigh the charges and evidence in the upcoming impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The words of presidential historian Michael Beschloss sum up the si...

The majority is wrong. Princeton political science professor Keith Whittington argued in a Jan. 22 Wall Street Journal opinion essay that the Senate can try Trump on the House-passed article of impeachment even though Trump left office on Jan. 20. Whittington is not a lawyer, but 170 legal scholars published an argument reaching the same conclusion. All argue that the impeachment power reaches current and former officials. Otherwise, an official could resign on the eve of conviction and pre...