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The Second Trump Senate Trial: Think Belknap Not Blount

JonathanTurley

Here is what I precisely wrote on the Blount and Belknap impeachment in The Executive Function Theory, The Hamilton Affair, And Other Constitutional Mythologies , 77 North Carolina Law Review 1791 (1999): 1. His misdemeanor was to mis-demean himself; to misuse his office for his own speculative ends.” … 7.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com.

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Being Blount: The First Impeachment May Offer The Best Defense For Trump

JonathanTurley

Blount was a senator from Tennessee who was alarmed by a plan for Spain to cede what is now Louisiana to France. Each senator must decide whether such a trial is constitutional before deciding whether an accused can be retroactively removed for a high crime and misdemeanor. This is an issue reasonable people can disagree upon.