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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 must be removed from office upon impeachment and conviction. It does not exclude former officeholders ...

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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 President Donald J. Trump. This trial is unprecedented for two reasons: it’s the only time a president...

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 situation very well: “This is the only president in American history who incited an insurrection ...

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 prevent the Senate from including in its judgment a provision rendering the official ineligible to hold...