News about impeachment, Senate

Justice Jackson tells Trump's lawyer that he seems to be "worried about the president being chilled." She argues that, in reality, a "really significant opposite problem" would emerge: "If the president wasn't chilled, if someone with those kinds of powers, the most powerful…

Justice Kagan repeats the hypothetical situation: A president "who ordered the military to stage a coup — he's no longer president, he wasn't impeached, he couldn't be impeached, but ordered the military to stage a coup, and you're saying that's an official act?" Trump lawyer…

During his first impeachment trial, Trump’s lawyers argued that he could not be impeached for any act, no matter how criminal, if the president believed it was in the country’s interest. Now they argue that the only remedy for killing a political opponent is impeachment. The…

Alito described consquences for Trump of going to trial: "That may involve great expense, and it may take up a lot of time. And during the trial, the former president may be unable to engage in other activities that the former president would want to engage in and then the…