A House-approved resolution establishing a committee and its jurisdiction may not be constitutionally required, but it’s folly to proceed without one.
Author: Andrew C. McCarthy
The ‘Pre-Office’ Misconduct Question in Impeachment
There is no temporal limit on impeachable offenses, particularly bribery.
Right or Wrong, Biden Impeachment Inquiry Begins
The inquiry is missing an authorizing vote by the full House and, strangely, overlooking Biden’s most impeachable offense.
Speaker McCarthy Decides an Impeachment Inquiry Doesn’t Require a Vote of the Full House, After All
Tugged at by both a Trump base craving Biden’s impeachment and jittery GOP skeptics, the speaker goes Solomonic. No one is happy, and it is unlikely to end well.
Why Not Arrest Governor Lujan Grisham . . . Pursuant to the Civil Rights Law the Biden Justice Department Is Using to Prosecute Donald Trump?
Imagine a Justice Department that uses the civil-rights laws for their proper purpose of protecting all Americans in the enjoyment of their undoubted federal rights.
Navarro Convicted on Two Counts of Contempt of Congress
As expected, it was quick.
Trump Aide Navarro Set for Quick Contempt Trial
Like Bannon, Navarro had his defense precluded by the trial judge, rendering conviction a certainty.
Vivek’s 9/11 Meanderings
Trying to dig out of a hole of his own making.
Are the Trump Election-Interference Indictments a ‘Criminalization’ of Speech and Politics?
Using speech as evidence to prove charged crimes is standard. But using speech to prove dirty politics, not crime, is a problem.
Is the Looming Georgia Indictment the Most Perilous for Trump?
It could be easier to prove state crimes, for which presidential pardons are unavailable.