#GeorgetownLaw Professors @VicNourse, Sue Bloch & Visiting Professors @FOBowman3 and @joshchafetz examined the history of #impeachment in the U.S. and how it relates to current events at an Oct. 17 event hosted by @ACSGeorgetown. Highlights in this thread.https://youtu.be/axYKA-jtZIU
“The law's been pretty clear that Congress has subpoena power. The only question is whether the president himself can exert executive privilege over any particular thing and that's really pretty narrow." - @vicnourse
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“The question in an impeachment proceeding should not be ‘has this person committed high crimes and misdemeanors,’ but rather, ‘is there the political will to remove this person from office?’...That's actually the question that's being asked.” -
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“It's really important to remember that impeachment power and the whole process is not to be used to reprimand or to issue a scarlet letter, that is to say, we disapprove of what you did. "It is a drastic remedy to remove someone from office." - Susan Low Bloch
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"Of course it was a quid pro quo. That's exactly what he was demanding." "What we have is the President invoking and marshaling all of the vast powers of this country”…."If that's not an abuse of power, ladies and gentlemen, I've never heard of one." -
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