An expert argues why the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times can hardly be considered an act of civil disobedience and why it might make things even worse in the Trump administration.
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Articles on Impeachment
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The US Constitution allows the president to be removed from power if his vice president and Cabinet decide that he cannot discharge the duties of his office.
Trump’s surrogates have deployed tried and true rhetorical techniques to defend the president.
Trump’s former personal lawyer broke two laws that control political spending, both passed after major election scandals. President Roosevelt survived his campaign’s misdeeds. Nixon did not.
Republicans in Congress today are different than GOP figures who challenged President Nixon during Watergate. GOP leaders now stand in contrast to those who once chose country over loyalty to one man.
Whereas Richard Nixon was laid low by Watergate, Bill Clinton’s approval ratings went up during the Lewinsky scandal. How will Trump fare?
The court carefully considered what the word ‘emoluments’ meant at the time the Constitution was drafted.
Third in the Oxford-style debate series, this article argues against the motion that “the impact reflected by Trump is here to stay” by focusing on the transitory nature of his presidency.
Donald Trump has lately been called “treasonous” by some; others say he’s violated his oath of office. What are the president’s Constitutional obligations – and who holds the president accountable?
The president won’t be removed from office until Republicans in the House decide to support the idea – or the midterms hand the Democrats more seats.
In the hands of a legitimate president, the recent indictments against Russian nationals for interfering in the 2016 presidential election would have been a powerful tool at a summit. Not Donald Trump.
In 1987, Anthony Kennedy was nominated to end a titanic Supreme Court fight. Could his putative successor trigger another one?
As Donald Trump prepares to meet with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, here’s a detailed explanation of how one goes about subverting democracy via a stooge.
Despite months of speculation that Donald Trump might fire him, Robert Mueller and his investigation are not going away.
President Trump is having trouble finding a lawyer. But other presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, have obtained outside legal counsel easily, even from attorneys who disagree with their politics.
On September 24, 2019, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House had launched a formal impeachment inquiry against the president. But as history shows, the outcome is anything but assured.
A historian looks back at Andrew Johnson’s unlikely and unsuccessful presidency and why he wasn’t cut out for the job.
The first anniversary of the Women’s March on Washington which took place last weekend in cities in the U.S., Canada and internationally indicates support is growing for a global feminist activism.
What if impeaching the president meant the White House would switch parties? It was an ethical question Democrats faced in the 1970s.
South Africa’s ruling ANC has a new leader - Cyril Ramaphosa. But this doesn’t mean that the country is out of the woods. Political instability remains a real possibility.
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Professor of law and ethics, Georgia State University
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Assistant Professor in Political Science, University at Buffalo
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Research Specialist, the Miller Center, University of Virginia
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professeur d'Histoire et civilisation US, Université Paris Cité
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Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of American Politics, De Montfort University
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Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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Professor of Languages and Linguistics and Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University
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The E. William Davis Jr, M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
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Professor of Law and Director, Health Law Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Williams Memorial Professor of Law, Northwestern University
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
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