Impeach?

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Amid a flurry of calls for Jonah Goldberg’s resignation as flagship podcaster lead by disgruntled Dispatch employee Sarah Isgur, our intrepid host has decided to dive into the question of impeachment power. Jonah is joined by Yale Law School professor Keith Whittington to discuss why the Founders included impeachment in the Constitution, what actually qualifies as high crimes and misdemeanors, and how presidential pardon power ought to be used. Show Notes: —Jonah calls for impeachment —Keith’s writing for The Dispatch —Keith’s latest book: The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen,
0:04.0	Can I please have your attention?
0:18.0	Can you digger?
0:27.7	Greetings to your listeners.
0:28.8	This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant podcast, brought you by the dispatch and dispatch
0:32.5	media.
0:33.7	What is old is new again, and we're very excited to have back, friend of the pod.
0:38.5	And now, I think the last time he was here, he was at Princeton, but now he's all Mr. Fancy Panceyale guy.
0:45.7	And perfect sort of timing, given that I just recently wrote that we should maybe impeach Joe Biden.
0:54.0	He has a new book out. The impeachment power, the law,
0:58.9	politics, and purpose of an extraordinary constitutional tool. I'm, of course, talking about
1:04.3	Keith Whittington. Keith, welcome back to the remnant. Thank you very much. I don't know if Yale
1:07.8	is fancier than Princeton, but it is true that I'm now at Yale
1:11.7	Los Angeles.
1:12.1	Well, Connecticut's fancier than New Jersey.
1:14.4	It does feel that way so far, I have to admit.
1:18.1	All right.
1:18.9	Standard protocol here is that when people have a new book out, and this just came out last
1:22.3	month, my first question is always, what's your book about?
1:25.9	Yeah, thanks.
1:26.4	So oddly, right,
1:29.3	impeachments remain far more relevant than I ever would have imagined. I started writing about
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