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At his impeachment trial for inciting insurrection, Donald Trump’s lawyers claimed that Trump’s exhortations to his followers before the attack on the Capitol were protected free speech under the First Amendment. But as 143 other constitutional law scholars from across the political spectrum and I collectively noted, that claim was “legally frivolous.” Moreover, the First Amendment will not protect Trump if he is charged with committing criminal offenses.
The First Amendment does not apply in an impeachment trial because a president (or former president) can be impeached even for lawful conduct if he abused his official power while in office. Impeachment is a political, not a legal, proceeding. As Alexander Hamilton wrote in
WASHINGTON From a corner of the Senate chamber last week, Delegate Stacey Plaskett, the congressional representative from the Virgin Islands, was struck by the poignancy of the scene in front of her. Next to her, seated at a narrow wooden table, was Representative Joe Neguse of Colorado, the son of Eritrean immigrants and the first African-American to represent his state in Congress. Across from them at his new desk was Senator Raphael.
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An Impeachment Manager on Trump’s Acquittal
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We look at the former president’s trial through the eyes of Stacey Plaskett, a Democratic congresswoman who sought his conviction.
Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
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Over this past weekend my 11-year-old daughter I overheard her telling one of my sons, mommy doesn’t seem really nervous about the impeachment trial. To which that son, sounding like an older brother, said, Talia, you’ll learn that most of the time, mommy really seems to have it under control. Now, we know as parents, that’s not always the case.
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