Why the G.O.P. Argument Against Trying Trump Is So Dangerous
By Republicans’ logic, a president is free to commit insurrection so long as it’s at the end of his term.
By Bob Bauer
Mr. Bauer teaches constitutional law (the presidency) and political reform at New York University Law School. He served as White House counsel to President Barack Obama and was a senior adviser to the Biden campaign.
Feb. 2, 2021
House impeachment managers carried the impeachment article to the Senate last week.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
As the Senate trial of Donald Trump nears, the defense is coming into view. It appears that most Senate Republicans will not defend Mr. Trump’s conduct around the Jan. 6 Capitol siege. Instead, they will rally around an argument about the chamber’s constitutional powers and the supposedly dangerous consequences for our politics if the Senate tries a “late impeachment.”
NEW YORK
Deborah Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president.
The ACLU announced Monday that Archer was elected over the weekend in a virtual meeting of the organization’s 69-member board of directors. She succeeds Susan Herman, a professor at Brooklyn Law School who had served as president since 2008.
As the ACLU’s eighth president since 1920, Archer will act as chair of its board, overseeing organizational matters and the setting of civil liberties policies. The fight against racial injustice is expected to be a top priority.
David Crary
This April 14, 2015 photo provided by Philip Greenberg shows Deborah Archer in New York. Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president. The ACLU announced Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, that Archer was elected over the weekend in a virtual meeting of the organizationâs 69-member board of directors. (Philip Greenberg via AP) February 01, 2021 - 8:32 AM
NEW YORK - Deborah Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president.
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Deborah Archer will be the ACLU’s eighth president since 1920.
DAVID CRARY
NEW YORK (AP) Deborah Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president.
The ACLU announced Monday that Archer was elected over the weekend in a virtual meeting of the organization’s 69-member board of directors. She succeeds Susan Herman, a professor at Brooklyn Law School who had served as president since 2008.
As the ACLU’s eighth president since 1920, Archer will act as chair of its board of the directors, overseeing organizational matters and the setting of civil liberties policies. The fight against racial injustice is expected to be a top priority.