Wall Street Journal: You Can’t Impeach the President for Doing What the Constitution Allows March 6, 2018 (EIRNS)—In its lead editorial today, the Wall Street Journal points to Rep. Jerrold Nadler’s (D-NY) “subpoena swarm,” and his claims that President Trump obstructed justice. This...
One thing that's "settled" in law is that a pardon "has to be for something that the recipient of the pardon has already done," said Brian Kalt, a professor at Michigan Law School who wrote about the possibility of self-pardons in 2008. "You can't pardon future acts." However, the...
In 1994, Howard Stern ran for governor of New York. The controversial radio host ran as a libertarian against Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo. "It doesn't matter if you find me offensive. I'll get out of office before I can really screw anything up," Sternreportedly said at the time. H...
Murray said that in the end, even a disqualified president remains president until impeached. “The person is in the office and even if they don’t have the authority to hold the office,” Murray said. FILE - In this June 1, 2017, file photo Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch...
The twice-impeached former president was indicted for financial fraud in 2020. He was indicted again two more times in 2023 in relation to the mishandling of classified documents during his time in office. Clint Eastwood Kevin Winter, Getty Images ...
How can a twice-impeached former president who is a threat to democracy, who has been indicted for felonies on four separate occasions, who is racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, homophobic and a generally offensive human being be tied in a race against Biden?
Scott was angry that the “Jan. 6 House Committee destroyed evidence” and “Nancy Pelosi impeached Trump twice for nothing.” Many Trump supporters like Scott say that Democrats continuously “attempt to destroy Trump.” The perception that Trump is a victim helps explain why the former preside...
issue, and the Supreme Court has never ruled either way. A president can be impeached, but whether one can be indicted is still a topic of debate. "It's a fascinating question and I don't think there is a clear answer," Scott L. Frederickson, a former federal prosecutor, told CBS ...
There are two House GOP members left of the 10 who voted to impeach the former president in early 2021. ByOlivia BeaversandJordain Carney 06/13/2024, 11:22am ET Donald Trump made a small peace offering Thursday to the remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach him after the Jan. ...
There’s a heavy local focus on water access, which is always a crucial matter in the agriculture-heavy Central Valley area. A potential X factor in the contest? Valadao wouldn’t say if he’d back Trump on the presidential ballot (he voted to im...