A Trial Without Witnesses Is No Trial at All
The process requires a critical evaluation of disputed facts or legal issues. That’s the whole point.
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The Founders Set an Extremely High Bar for Impeachment
And that’s probably a good thing.
The Case Against Impeachment Has Nothing to Do With Impeachment
Republicans aren’t fighting to keep Trump in office—they’re fighting to preserve white-minority power.
Montana’s Original Sin
The state may have to revive a now-defunct school-scholarship program to make amends for supposed anti-Catholic sentiment at its founding.
Stop the Impeachment-Polling Madness
A decision to remove the president from office should not turn on public opinion.
Due-Process Rights Don’t Apply in an Impeachment Trial
Depriving a president of power does not require the same protective measures as when the state deprives a private citizen of life, liberty, or property.
Trump’s Defense Against Subpoenas Makes No Legal Sense
Like so many contentions of the president’s legal team, this is malarkey thinly draped with plausible-sounding distortions of facts, rules, court opinions, and the Constitution itself.
This Is a Trial of the Constitution Itself
To condone the president’s behavior is to shift power further into the executive and break the protections the Framers created.
The Troubling Ideals at the Heart of Abortion Rights
Equality premised on the power to end life is not true equality at all.
Abuse of Power Is a Dangerous Standard for Democrats to Play With
Republicans are surely learning a lesson: An impeachable offense is what you say it is.