Dec 04 First lady scolds impeachment witness for referring to Barron Trump By Associated Press The first lady has tweeted at Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan that "a minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics."… Continue reading
Dec 04 Despite the risks, Democrats say they’re all in on impeachment probe By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press “Are you ready?” Nancy Pelosi asked rank-and-file lawmakers. The answer was a resounding yes. Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: GOP seeks to undercut Democrats’ impeachment case during hearing By Associated Press Republicans on the Judiciary Committee have used their five-minute allotments to criticize the impeachment process and defend Trump, rather than ask questions of the law professors. Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: ‘Fast is not good,’ Jonathan Turley says of Trump impeachment probe By Associated Press Jonathan Turley teaches at George Washington University and is one of four professors testifying Wednesday in the House impeachment inquiry. Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: Jonathan Turley’s full opening statement in Trump impeachment hearing By Candice Norwood Turley said that to impeach Trump based on the current evidence “would be to expose every future president to the same type of inchoate impeachment.”… Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: Michael Gerhardt’s full opening statement in Trump impeachment hearing By Candice Norwood Gerhardt said, “no one, not even the president, is beyond the reach of our Constitution and our laws,” and added that if Congress does not impeach Trump, the impeachment process “has lost all meaning.”… Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: Pamela S. Karlan’s full opening statement in Trump impeachment hearing By Candice Norwood "What has happened in the case before you, is something that I do not think we have ever seen before: a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to ‘faithfully execute’ the laws and to ‘protect and defend… Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: Noah Feldman’s full opening statement in Trump impeachment hearing By Candice Norwood Feldman said that, on its own, Trump’s request for Ukraine to investigate former vice president and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, constitutes “high crimes and misdemeanors” and is an impeachment offense. Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: Rep. Collins’ full opening statement in Trump impeachment hearing By Candice Norwood Collins spoke ahead of testimony from Noah Feldman, a Harvard law professor, Pamela S. Karlan, a Stanford law professor, Michael Gerhardt, a University of North Carolina law professor, and Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor. Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: Legal experts weigh in on impeachment threshold By Associated Press Pamela Karlan of Stanford Law School says Trump's encouragement to Ukraine's president that the Ukrainian leader investigate Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden is an “especially serious abuse of power because it undermines democracy itself."… Continue reading