Breitbart – The Republican establishment will use the veiled threat as leverage to win concession after concession from the Trump White House. What are the key policy differences that motivate congressional opposition to the Trump agenda? There are at least four Trump campaign promises which, if not dropped or severely compromised, could generate Republican support…
Editorial Note: The following Article describes an attempt by some in Congress to layout the groundwork for a possible impeachment effort based upon Trump’s unwillingness to arrange his finances so he doesn’t directly enrich himself and abuse his office. While this is a legitimate desire, what will not appear legitimate to the public is anything…
HuffPost – Neither the president nor public should tolerate the built-in-bribery of foreign governments quietly lining the pockets of a person they are seeking to influence on policy. That’s why we have an Emoluments Clause in Article One, Section 9 of the U. S. Constitution. It says that “no person holding any office…shall, without the…
ChicagoTrib – That interpretation, desperately beguiling as it seems, rests on a doubtful reading of Hamilton’s text and a faulty interpretation of the early history of the Electoral College. The essay we really ought to be reading, even during this interregnum, is Federalist 65, in which Hamilton discusses the idea of presidential impeachment. In Federalist…
