Lawfare Daily: Keith Whittington on the Law, Politics, and Purpose of the Impeachment Power
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🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Jack Goldsmith sits down with Keith Whittington, David Boies Professor of Law at Yale Law School, to discuss his new book, “The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool.” They discuss what the Constitution says about the impeachment power, how we should think about high crimes and misdemeanors, why impeachment shows that Congress is the preeminent branch of government, and the goals and values of impeachment. They also discuss the abuse of the impeachment power given current politics and what can be done about it, as well as whether Trump should have been convicted and disqualified in the second impeachment.
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| 1:36.1 | So I think one thing that's notable about the impeachment power is it's the only mechanism |
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