Somebody really caught in the middle of it, and that doesnt excuse the person from the consequences. Professors, weve talked about abuse of power and bribery. When we started, we said we would also discuss Obstruction Of Congress. So id like to ask you some questions about Obstruction Of Congress. Professor gerhardt, in your view, is there enough evidence here to charge President Trump with the high crime and misdemeanor of Obstruction Of Congress . I think theres more than enough. As i mention in my statement, just to really underscore this, the third article of impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee against president nixon charged him with misconduct because he failed to comply with four legislative subpoenas. Here it is far more than four that this president has failed to comply with and hes ordered
the Executive Branch as well not to cooperate the congress. Those together with a lot of other evidence suggests Obstruction Of Congress. Professor karlan, do you agree .
Cultural areas of the country. as you can see the parts of the country represented by these democrat impeachment leaders voted overwhelmingly for hillary clinton during the last presidential election. also during the 2016 presidential election lawyer campaign contributions tilted 97% for clinton, 3% for trump. the situation is essential hi the same at law schools around the country including those represent represented on the panel here today. this is how the nixon impeachment evident was described in the bipartisan 19734 staff report. it says this action was not partisan it was supported by the overwhelming majority of both political parties. and it was. regarding the authorization of
Is that we re at this point again period. since the budget act was passed in 19734, there s been 1974, there s been four times we ve gotten it done correctly and on time as the law was written. there s no president s budget that s ever been signed into law, so the things out there become the baseline for the argument. but they don t actually become law. we have a real issue in the process of budgeting and how we dote do it. we re never going to get another product until we fix the process. there s a group of us pushing hard to change the way we do budgeting to not have these cliffs all the time. chris: let s talk about what seems to be a greater willingness among some republicans in congress, yourself included, to criticize this president. there are a dozen of you who have said the president should keep his promise and release his tax returns. there are some republican senators and congressmen in border states who are really questioning whether or not you need a full border wall.
My biggest frustration, chris, is that we re at this point again period. since the budget act was passed in 19734, there s been 1974, there s been four times we ve gotten it done correctly and on time as the law was written. there s no president s budget that s ever been signed into law, so the things out there become the baseline for the argument. but they don t actually become law. we have a real issue in the process of budgeting and how we dote do it. we re never going to get another product until we fix the process. there s a group of us pushing hard to change the way we do budgeting to not have these cliffs all the time. chris: let s talk about what seems to be a greater willingness among some republicans in congress, yourself included, to criticize this president. there are a dozen of you who have said the president should keep his promise and release his tax returns. there are some republican senators and congressmen in border states who are really questioning whether or not y
Is that we re at this point again period. since the budget act was passed in 19734, there s been 1974, there s been four times we ve gotten it done correctly and on time as the law was written. there s no president s budget that s ever been signed into law, so the things out there become the baseline for the argument. but they don t actually become law. we have a real issue in the process of budgeting and how we dote do it. we re never going to get another product until we fix the process. there s a group of us pushing hard to change the way we do budgeting to not have these cliffs all the time. chris: let s talk about what seems to be a greater willingness among some republicans in congress, yourself included, to criticize this president. there are a dozen of you who have said the president should keep his promise and release his tax returns. there are some republican senators and congressmen in border states who are really questioning whether or not you need a full border wall. and