The Constitution

At the Center of the Impeachment Debate Stands a Constitutional Scholar

At the Center of the Impeachment Debate Stands a Constitutional Scholar At the Center of the Impeachment Debate Stands a Constitutional Scholar

Representative Jamie Raskin has been training for the Trump impeachment inquiry his whole life.

Dec 13, 2019 / Feature / John Nichols

Donald Trump pats his bicep and pumps at an August 2019 rally.

Donald Trump’s Big Abuses of Power Demand a Big Impeachment Donald Trump’s Big Abuses of Power Demand a Big Impeachment

The framers of the Constitution conceived of impeachment for far smaller violations than Trump has committed.

Dec 12, 2019 / Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein

The House Leadership Soberly Announces 2 Articles of Impeachment

The House Leadership Soberly Announces 2 Articles of Impeachment The House Leadership Soberly Announces 2 Articles of Impeachment

In House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, the president has met his exact opposite—a voice of reason, calmly and steadily presenting the facts.

Dec 10, 2019 / John Nichols

The Case for Multiple Articles of Impeachment

The Case for Multiple Articles of Impeachment The Case for Multiple Articles of Impeachment

The case against Trump must not be limited to Ukraine, as independent representative Justin Amash reminds Democrats.

Dec 9, 2019 / John Nichols

Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment

Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment

Reasserting Congress as a check and balance on the presidency, she says, “If we allow a president to be above the law, we do so surely at the peril of our republic.”

Dec 5, 2019 / John Nichols

Jonathan Turley

The Republicans’ Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack The Republicans’ Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack

Jonathan Turley’s testimony was so inconsistent, it contradicted his own previous statements on impeachment.

Dec 5, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable

Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable

Constitutional scholars tell the House Judiciary Committee that obstructing the impeachment inquiry is totally impeachable.

Dec 4, 2019 / John Nichols

Dana Nessel Michigan

Meet the Prosecutors Resisting America’s Frightening New Abortion Bans Meet the Prosecutors Resisting America’s Frightening New Abortion Bans

A group of progressive attorneys is refusing to enforce new abortion laws. But in a legal landscape so hostile to choice, is deliberate inaction enough?

Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Cynthia Greenlee

How the Next President Can Expand Reproductive Freedom

How the Next President Can Expand Reproductive Freedom How the Next President Can Expand Reproductive Freedom

From remaking the judiciary to repealing Hyde to removing the global gag rule, Trump’s successor has their work cut out for them.

Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Ilyse Hogue

The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era

The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era

The Supreme Court won’t protect abortion access anymore. But thousands of activists will.

Dec 3, 2019 / Emily Douglas

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