Future of American Constitutional Democracy at Stake in Impeachment Hearings
Dr. David Adler · December 4, 2019
The impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump will affect the future of his presidency and could affect "the future of the Presidency," Rep. Adam Schiff, Chair of the House Intelligence Committee justly stated. He might have added that what is at stake in the hearings is nothing less than the future of American Constitutional Democracy.
Members only. Join for $19.99/month
More on Constitution & the Courts
Trump's Slush Fund Reflects Concentration of Power in the Executive, Collapse of Constitutional Guardrails
One of the grave consequences for American Constitutionalism of the untrammeled concentration of power in the hands of President Donald Trump--the putative goal of Project 2025--is his total control over the Department of Justice.
James Madison: The President May Pervert His Administration into a Scheme of Peculation and Oppression
James Madison's prescient warning about a president who might engineer a scheme of deep-seated and pervasive corruption, grounded in self-dealing to enrich himself and strengthen his ties to law-breaking loyalists through arbitrary acts that violate the Constitution and republican principles, reverberates across the nation at this juncture in our history as Americans learn more details about President Donald Trump's underhanded operations.
Readers Ask About Restraining Presidential Warmaking: Replying to Thoughtful Questions
Few exercises of governmental power trigger more questions about constitutionality and legality, not to mention considerations of wisdom and judgment, than warmaking, particularly unilateral presidential warmaking.