The First Amendment Is No Defense Against Impeachment
The Atlantic The First Amendment does not limit the removal and disqualification powers conferred on Congress by the Constitution. February 8, 2021 Getty / The Atlantic Front and center in former President Donald Trump’s defense this week will be the argument that convicting him and disqualifying him from holding future office would violate his First Amendment rights—that it would essentially amount to punishing him for speaking his mind. His new lawyer, David Schoen, has warned that convicting Trump “is putting at risk any passionate political speaker, which is against everything we be...
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