In speeches sounding the alarm about “toxic” precedent, Sen. Mitch McConnell has set forth a questionable view of the law of impeachment with serious implications for the future of this constitutional re...

On Tuesday, CNN and the Des Moines Register hosted the seventh debate of the 2020 Democratic Primary campaign.  Wolf Blitzer, Abby Phillipand Brianne Pfannenstiel moderated the discussion. We’ve selected...

Senators are debating whether witnesses will appear at the impeachment trial. But if the Senate does vote to hear from witnesses, could executive privilege be utilized to block their testimony?

Unless Republican senators want to accept the facts laid out by the House leadership and restrict themselves to the legal question of whether those facts demonstrate impeachable conduct, they’re going to...

Congressional Republicans argue that the Federal Rules of Evidence should apply to the impeachment trial. But following these rules would guarantee that the Senate could hear from the witnesses that Mitc...