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The Power of Impeachment: Its History & Future

A discussion at the National Constitutional Center

Impeachment: Partisan Warfare or Defending the Constitutional Order?

We must be able to recognize harm to the constitutional order on a bipartisan basis for impeachment to serve its proper constitutional function. But how often is that the case?

Gillian Metzger

Columbia Law School

Impeachment as a Constitutional Design Choice

6/18/18 // In-Depth Analysis

What can we learn about presidential removal from a careful study of foreign constitutions and experiences?

Aziz Huq

University of Chicago Law School

Tom Ginsburg

University of Chicago Law School

Impeachment and Presidential Rhetoric

6/14/18 // In-Depth Analysis

It's time to consider the role of the President’s rhetoric in the discourse and practice of impeachment

Kate Shaw

Cardozo Law

To End A Presidency

6/13/18 // In-Depth Analysis

Take Care is pleased to host a symposium on 'To End A Presidency: The Power of Impeachment'—a new book by Larry Tribe & Joshua Matz.

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Impeachment as Punishment

6/13/18 // In-Depth Analysis

There is an important connection between impeachment and criminal law. Not in technical or legalistic doctrinal nuances, but rather in the core purposes underlying these two domains.

Andrew Crespo

Harvard Law School

Discretion and the Impeachment Power

6/12/18 // Uncategorized

There are many ways in which this presidency is unlike so many that preceded it—and those differences are relevant to decisions about impeachment

Brianne J. Gorod

Constitutional Accountability Center

The Federal Courts and the Road to Impeachment

6/11/18 // In-Depth Analysis

We must think more carefully about the role that federal courts can and should play at earlier stages of what may become impeachment investigations

Stephen Vladeck

University of Texas

How Do We Check the President?

6/8/18 // In-Depth Analysis

If impeachment is impossible and even talk of impeachment can be destructive, how do we check a president who is violating the Constitution?

Erwin Chemerinsky

U.C. Irvine School of Law

There Are No Shortcuts For A Democracy In Crisis: On The Limits Of Impeachment Talk.

6/7/18 // In-Depth Analysis

The hard work of saving the republic turns not on an exotic legal procedure but on the mundane, yet high-stakes work of politics itself

K. Sabeel Rahman

Demos & Brooklyn Law School

Risk-Risk Tradeoffs in Presidential Impeachment

6/6/18 // In-Depth Analysis

Presidential impeachment involves risk-risk tradeoffs. While some of these risks might be mitigated, and while all deserve to be identified and weighed, the basic dilemma is inescapable.

David Pozen

Columbia Law School