Tag: US Constitution
Does impeachment need a crime? Not according to framers of the...
Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University
Donald Trump’s legal and political defenders are all singing the same refrain: The president can’t be impeached; he hasn’t committed...
Impeachment trial senators swear an oath aimed at guarding ‘against malice,...
Susan P. Fino, Wayne State University
The 100 United States senators who are jurors in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump have taken a...
Senators’ silence suggests they may be taking their impeachment trial duty...
Lynne H. Rambo, Texas A&M University
Several Republican senators have taken a “vow of silence” on the impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives.
Maine...
This year at the Supreme Court: Gay rights, gun rights and...
Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The Supreme Court begins its annual session on Oct. 7 and will take up a series of cases likely...
Nominating a crony, loyalist or old buddy for attorney general is...
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
With President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would nominate former Attorney General William P. Barr to fill the position again, Trump...
Has Trump violated his oath of office? A primer on presidential...
Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University
After his joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, U.S. President Donald Trump was barraged with criticism...
Most panhandling laws are unconstitutional since there’s no freedom from speech
Joseph W. Mead, Cleveland State University
Thousands of U.S. cities restrict panhandling in some way. These ordinances limit face-to-face soliciting, including interactions that occur on...
Arpaio pardon could encourage more civil rights violations
Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis
President Donald Trump may pardon Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who illegally used racial profiling to enforce immigration laws.
It’s...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
