If you didn’t listen to yesterday’s 14 hour Judicial Committee Impeachment Debate, I’ll sum it up for you: Exhausting and discouraging. It was a closeup view of the GOP attack on democracy. I’ll pause for a definition: democracy is the opposite of unlimited freedom for a certain portion of the population. Imagine if, in 1861, …
The best way to understand the reasoning behind the Articles of Impeachment [draft] is in the context of last week’s Judiciary Committee Report on Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment. What!? You didn’t read the report!? No worries. Here’s your Over the Cliff Notes* *Name suggested by a clever Twitter follower. If you compare the expert …
I read the Judiciary Committee Report on Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment. Who wants to be a wonk and go through it? Take out your notebooks. It’s time for Impeachment Law 101. The report starts with the purpose of impeachment: To save the nation from misconduct that endangers democracy and rule of law. Because impeachment …
These were the Articles of Impeachment adopted against Clinton: These could be two of the articles against Trump—but this time with evidence of danger to the nation. Facts about Clinton’s impeachment from: Two events coincided to make the case against Clinton. Paula Jones’ lawsuit for sexual harassment allowed Clinton to be questioned about other sexual …
The Clinton Articles of Impeachment, and the Paranoid Style of Politics. Read More »
This is mostly an analysis of Turley’s testimony (yesterday’s Republican witness). Bonus: This post will help prepare you for the Constitutional Law portion of the Internet Bar Exam. The testimony of Feldman, Karlan, and Gerhardt is easily summarized: They believed that Trump’s behavior was impeachable and dangerous. In fact, Gerhardt said if Trump’s behavior isn’t …
My head exploded as I read the impeachment report released by the House Intelligence Committee. Here are a few things that struck me. A. Witness Intimidation Although not the leading point, witness intimidation (a federal crime) is included. If someone asks, “where’s the crime?” you can say, “the President of the United States endangers the …
I finished reading Bowman’s book on impeachment, which means I’ve now read these: I was planning to write Over the Cliff Notes but my head is so stuffed full of information, I wasn’t sure where to start. So I took questions on Twitter. Cindy threw me an easy one. Is Trump’s behavior impeachable? Most certainly. …
Liz Cheney tweeted this: This tells us that Today’s radicalized GOP, which includes those who thought Nixon should have kept fighting, will keep fighting this time, and The GOP will continue openly using fascist tactics. While leaving open the possibility of interviewing more witnesses, Schiff says the Intel committee will “soon” give a report on …
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Over the Cliff Notes. (Sandy has been Deputy Associate Director for National Security Programs at the OMB since 2013, and Navy Reserve for 21 years.) Spoiler: First Trump broke the law. When he was about to get caught, he looked for an excuse for having done it. June 19: Trump saw a media report and …
Spoiler: It’s all about race (and gender, and religion). The GOP-Russia love affair has been evident for some time. Last summer Tucker Carlson said the U.S. should “rethink America’s alliances.” And remember when Sen. Rand Paul went to Moscow to “open the lines of communication”? Guiliani attended a pro-Russia conference last year. He was about …
