Mitch McConnell Revises Impeachment Rules After Bipartisan Backlash
President Donald Trump is still heading for an almost certain acquittal.
President Donald Trump is still heading for an almost certain acquittal.
That's a bad thing, even—or especially—from a libertarian perspective.
Why slippery slope concerns are a bad argument against impeaching and removing Trump for abuse of power.
Senator Edmund Ross' vote against impeachment was no "Profile in Courage."
He also implicated Vice President Mike Pence and Rep. Devin Nunes.
The Government Accountability Office says Trump's spending delay was illegal.
President Donald Trump's trial will likely begin next week.
Will we get to hear from the people in Trump's inner circle who might actually know whether he did or did not engage in impeachable misconduct?
The legal basis for such a ruling is hard to find.
The big question is whether Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will allow any witnesses at all.
And what predictions will we shank in 2020 and beyond?
"Somehow we've decided that the one job in America that gets the most job protection is the one where you actually get nuclear weapons," says the Cato Institute's Gene Healy.
Americans can lose their jobs for almost anything. Why are we so hesitant to give presidents the boot?
The final film in the Disney-era trilogy is a pointless, abysmal letdown that won't fully satisfy anyone.
The majority leader addressed the Senate the morning after President Donald Trump was officially impeached by the House of Representatives.
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"I come before you to make a stand for the center," said Gabbard in a statement.
His case now heads to the Senate, where he will almost certainly be acquitted.
The libertarian congressman announced on the House floor that he will vote in favor of impeachment.
Many of the president's beefs are frivolous, but he is right that impeachment has been rushed.
Trump is impeachable, but the process might exacerbate political tensions without resolving anything.
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If I were Trump, I would not want to find out.
A range of libertarian-world approaches to the impending trial of Donald Trump
Count Two's charges against the President are both more serious in their long-term implications for the constitutional separation of powers, and less defensible on Trump's part, than Count One's.
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No constitutional provision should be ignored just because it may be difficult to discern
The motion passed along party lines.
The gaps in the record invite the public to dismiss impeachment as a purely partisan exercise.
While the president’s motives in seeking Ukrainian investigations are a matter of dispute, his actions are clear from the public record.
In assessing impeachment, we should keep in mind Trump's usurpation of Congress' power over federal spending. This is a serious violation of the Constitution, and focusing on it overcomes some standard objections to impeachment.
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Steve Castor and Daniel Goldman seem to disagree on most everything.
Nunes attacked those who wanted to restrain NSA’s snooping. Clearly he never considered whether his call records would be exposed.
It's great to see Congress assert its role in checking the power of the executive branch. But is this too little, too late?
The three witnesses for the Democrats said Trump clearly committed impeachable offenses, while the lone witness for the Republicans said he wasn't so sure.