Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is abdicating his usual role of overseeing presidential impeachment trials, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said late Monday. “The Constitution says the chief justice presides for a sitting president. So it was up to John Roberts whether he wanted to preside with a president who is no longer sitting,…
John Roberts Doesn’t Want to Preside Over Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial: Schumer
Biden: Trump Impeachment Trial Must Happen, Former President Likely Won’t Be Convicted
President Joe Biden on Monday said he feels an impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump “has to happen.” But, acknowledging the high threshold required for conviction, he added that he doesn’t believe Trump will be convicted. “The Senate has changed since I was there, but it hasn’t changed that much,” Biden said, adding that…
House Transmits Article of Impeachment Against Trump to the Senate
The House of Representatives late Monday transmitted an article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate. House prosecutors delivered the sole “incitement of insurrection” impeachment charge in a ceremonial walk across the Capitol to the Senate. The move, out of formality, sets the stage for preparations ahead of the trial that alleges Trump incited an…
Growing Number of Republican Senators Oppose Holding Trump Impeachment Trial
An increasing number of Republican senators are voicing opposition to holding an impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, leaving Democrats’ ability to swing enough votes for a conviction in doubt. Twenty-nine GOP senators have now spoken out against holding a trial, according to an Epoch Times tally, arguing it’s unconstitutional to try to convict…
Schumer: Trump Impeachment Trial Will Be ‘Fair,’ Move ‘Relatively Quickly’
The impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump “will be fair” and move “at a relatively fast pace,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday. Trump was impeached earlier this month on a charge of incitement of insurrection. The Senate will consider the charge during a trial starting the week of Feb. 8. The…
Democrats Explore Using 14th Amendment ‘Insurrection’ Clause to Bar Trump From Future Office
Democrats are contemplating whether they can use the 14th Amendment to bar former President Donald Trump from ever taking office in the future, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said on Jan. 22. Section three of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War, states that anyone…
Romney Says Impeachment Trial Against Trump Should Go Forward
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) asserted Sunday that the impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump should proceed, saying that it is not unconstitutional. Romney told CNN on Sunday: “Well, I’ve read a number of law review articles, and I think if you put aside the partisan columns if you will written in various publications and…
Trump Impeachment Trial Is ‘Bad for the Country’: Sen. Rubio
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said the pending impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is pointless and unnecessarily divisive. “It’s counterproductive,” Rubio said on Sunday, according to an interview with Fox News. “We already have a flaming fire in this country, and it’s like taking a bunch of gasoline and pouring it on top of…
Law Professor Dershowitz Outlines Legal Possibilities for Senate on Upcoming Trump Impeachment Trial
Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz shared his expert opinion on free speech and the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump in an interview with The Epoch Times. He noted that Trump asked for peaceful and patriotic demonstrations. And in America, it has been a custom to differentiate the advocate and the actor,…
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The Nation Speaks (Jan. 23): Alan Dershowitz on the Perils of Impeachment; Finding Common Ground; Why America is the World’s Most Generous Country
In this episode, we talk to Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School professor emeritus and constitutional law expert, about the dangers of using impeachment as a political tool and the future of free speech in America. And in a time of deep divide, Dr. George Barna, director of research at Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian…