15 Friday Sep 2017
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base, coulter, immigration, political question, Politics, support
This article reports on the backlash President Trump has received from Ann Coulter following his recent move away from a harsh immigration policy. Comments like Ann Coulter’s “who DOESN’T want Trump impeached?” may seem like litte more than trash talk, but they could represent declining support from the President’s base.
13 Wednesday Sep 2017
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Congress, congressional government, political question, sanctions, seperation of powers, take-over
This opinion piece, written Robert Kagan, explores the idea of a congressional take-over of executive power to create a so called congressional government. To defend the merits of this concept, Kagan points to historical instances of congressional take-overs, as well as modern examples, such as the Russian Sanctions. This sort of action may be at least as concievable as impeachment, as it would require less congressional support.
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09 Saturday Sep 2017
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Can Trump make enough enemies in Congress to get impeached? This article suggests that with every crticism President Trump makes towards Republican legislators the higher his impeachment chances become; a recent relevant example being his siding with Democrats on the debt ceiling issue. It is true that impeachment is a political question, meaning that it is left to the discretion of the elected. As such, President Trump’s chances of impeachment very well may ride on his political usefulness.
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25 Friday Aug 2017
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This article examines President Trump’s threat to shutdown the government if legislators refuse to fund his promised border wall. Additionally, it accounts for Trump’s worsening relations with Congress, which could contribute to the likelihood of his impeachment.
Tomas Bravo / Reuters
14 Monday Aug 2017
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Click here to read an analysis of how the Charlottesville tragedy compounded with the events of the last month, including President Trump’s criticism of Jeff Sessions and the failure of the Republican Healthcare Bill, might influence his chances of impeachment.
08 Tuesday Aug 2017
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This newsweek article quotes John Podhoretz, who theorizes that if the Democrats take the House in 2018 then President Trump will be impeached. However there seems to be very little consideration for Trump’s high crimes in his analysis, which leaves one wondering whether the Political Question the Drafters intended to guide impeachment, hasn’t turned into a measure of Political Might.
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27 Thursday Jul 2017
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Click here to read an opinion piece which examines the likelihood of impeachment in our modern political sphere.
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16 Friday Jun 2017
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Check here for background on the lawsuits filed by the attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia against President Trump, then click here for an analysis of whether the suits have legal standing, and finally click here for an analysis of whether they violate the Political Question doctrine (warning: the latter link contains some partisan bias).
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Impeachable Offenses? 