so glad you are here for the kickoff session on protecting democracy, foreign interference, voter confidence, and defensive strategies in 2020 election and beyond. i m carrie cordero of the center for new american security. we have two sessions this morning. this session will run until 10:45 a.m. eastern, and i hope you will join us again at 11:30 a.m. eastern for a session i will be moderating on foreign influence and voter attitudes. today s conversations are part of a broader collaboration between the center for new american security, the center for ethics and the rule of law, which is part of penn law, and the annenberg public policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. there i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the #protectdemocracy2020. our team will be monitoring the # monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. america may have been caught off
the annenberg public policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. there i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the #protectdemocracy2020. our team will be monitoring the # monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. america may have been caught off but there s no the samer falling for tricks again twice. understand the influences around us, take steps take proactive steps to counter them, and work to strengthen our democracy. this collaboration is our effort to do just that. i m now going to turn the over to the professor claire finkelstein, my friend and faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania law school, who is theleading voice on intersection of law, ethics, and national security. willto claire, who introduce our guests for the session. thank you soin: much, carrie, and it s a to have this with c
the annenberg public policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. there i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the #protectdemocracy2020. our team will be monitoring the # monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. america may have been caught off but there s no the samer falling for tricks again twice. understand the influences around us, take steps take proactive steps to counter them, and work to strengthen our democracy. this collaboration is our effort to do just that. i m now going to turn the over to the professor claire finkelstein, my friend and faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania law school, who is theleading voice on intersection of law, ethics, and national security. willto claire, who introduce our guests for the session. thank you soin: much, carrie, and it s a to have this with c
we sit as a jury of 100 to render impartial justice with the chief justice is the supreme court presiding as the chief judge. i will administer the oath. to all senators in the chamber in conformance with article one, section three, clause six of the constitution and the senate impeachment rule. to be sure no vote would be parted, you take a vote three times to render impartial justice. one as group, then as individual, and the third, you go into the well and you sign the book where i hereby, u.s. senator from maryland, pledged to render impartial justice in the matter of impeachment. wow. your hand shakes with that kind of historical amendment. host: don ritchie, u.s. senate historian emeritus, we have asked you to spend an hour with us to give us some perspective, to guide us what might happen. senator mccluskey talks about how important this felt, the job the u.s. senators were doing. as a whole, as the process gets underway, how should the public think about impeach
senate impeachment trials. after that, prime minister s questions from the house of commons. then, candidate andrew we sit as a jury of 100 to render impartial justice with the chief justice is the supreme court presiding as the chief judge. oath.ill administer the sure no vote would be parted, you take a vote three times to render impartial justice. individualp, then as , and the third, you go into the well and you sign the book where i hereby, u.s. senator from maryland, pledged to render impartial justice in the matter of impeachment. with that kinds of historical amendment. ritchie, u.s. senate historian emeritus, we have asked you to spend an hour with us to give us some perspective, to guide us what might happen. senator mccluskey talks about how important this felt, the job the u.s. senators were doing. process getss the underway, how should the public think about impeachment? process, aicial legal process, a political process? mr. ritchie: it is all three. it is r