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Peter Meijer is the only freshman representative in U.S. history to vote to impeach a president of his own party

John Fea   |  February 2, 2022

Over at The Atlantic, Tim Alberta has a fascinating piece on Peter Meijer‘s first year in the House. On the morning of the impeachment vote the newly elected Grand Rapids (Michigan’s 3rd District–Justin Amash‘s old seat) Republican received an encrypted...

Is there a case for impeaching Clarence Thomas?

John Fea   |  January 25, 2022

In the wake of The New Yorker piece on his conservative activist wife Ginni, Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic, makes a case for the impeachment of Clarence Thomas. A taste: In a sane world, Jane Mayer’s excellent piece on...

The Author’s Corner with Robert S. Levine

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 9, 2021

Robert S. Levine is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Maryland. This interview is based on his new book, The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021). JF:...

How is Pennsylvania senator Pat Toomey faring after voting to convict Trump?

John Fea   |  February 16, 2021

Many of my fellow Pennsylvanians are not happy with Pat Toomey. Here is The Philadelphia Inquirer: Republican state party chairman Lawrence Tabas has advised committee members that he will soon call a meeting to “address and consider actions related to...

What is Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson thinking?

John Fea   |  February 16, 2021

Yesterday, in commenting on the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, Johnson said, “This didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me.” Here is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Two days after members of the U.S. Senate acquitted former...

Mitch McConnell clarifies his vote to acquit Trump in a *Wall Street Journal* op-ed.

John Fea   |  February 16, 2021

Mitch McConnell is a weasel. He is also a very crafty politician. In his mind, moral conviction always takes a back seat to his quest for political power. This was on display Saturday when he voted to acquit Donald Trump...

The *Kansas City Star* publishes a scathing editorial on Sen. Josh Hawley’s vote to acquit Trump

John Fea   |  February 15, 2021

Here is the stinger: Hawley’s mind is permanently closed, open only in the service of his ambition. He will say or do anything to further his prospects, whether it’s the White House or a bottle of wine from the top shelf. The...

SNL’s Colin Jost and Michael Che on the absurdity of the Trump impeachment trial

John Fea   |  February 14, 2021

Funny and true:...

Let’s check out what the 43 Republicans who voted to acquit Trump are saying tonight:

John Fea   |  February 14, 2021

Marsha Blackburn (TN): Roy Blunt (MO): “I said before this trial started that I believe the constitutional purpose for presidential impeachment is to remove a president from office, not to punish a person after they have left office. None of...

Milbank: “Trump left them to die. 43 Senate Republicans still licked his boots”

John Fea   |  February 13, 2021

Dana Milbank of The Washington Post gives it to us straight: Trump’s lawyers, in their slashing, largely fictitious defense, claimed that Trump was “horrified” by the violence, hadn’t known that Vice President Mike Pence was in danger and took “immediate steps” to...

Iowa senator Joni Ernst explains her pro-Trump vote today

John Fea   |  February 13, 2021

Here she is: Ernst, like many other GOP Senators, is hiding behind a contested interpretation of Article I, section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, an interpretation that the Senate rejected four days ago. Mitch McConnell did the same thing today....

What did Mitch McConnell just say?

John Fea   |  February 13, 2021

As I just posted, the U.S. Senate just acquitted Donald Trump by a vote of 57-43. Watch Mitch McConnell: A few things: McConnell believes that Donald Trump is guilty of inciting the riot on the United States Capitol. He believes...

Trump is acquitted by a vote of 57-43 in the United States Senate

John Fea   |  February 13, 2021

Fifty-seven U.S. Senators voted to convict Donald Trump in his impeachment trial. But it was not enough. Sixty-seven voters were needed to convict. Here are the GOP members who broke with their party and voted to convict Donald Trump in...

Trump’s team made its defense today. Fox News journalist Chris Wallace responds.

John Fea   |  February 12, 2021

Trump’s defense included a lot whataboutism. His lawyers showed a video with Democrats saying the word “fight” over and over again. Watch: My favorite response comes from Fox News journalist Chris Wallace:...

How did Trump respond to Wednesday’s arguments in his impeachment trial?

John Fea   |  February 11, 2021

I don’t think there has ever been a more open and shut impeachment case in American history. Even Richard Nixon did not incite a riot on the U.S. Capitol. Of course most GOP Senators do not agree with me. Nor...

Trump’s evangelicals have a few things to say about impeachment

John Fea   |  February 10, 2021

This afternoon the House impeachment manager showed these videos: And these: Here are some tweets worth considering: Why doesn’t it surprise me that Fox News cut away from the trial: Some of Trump’s favorite evangelicals are also weighing-in: The response...

The names of the GOP senators who voted against the constitutionality of the second Trump impeachment trial

John Fea   |  February 9, 2021

Today the Senate debated the constitutionality of the second Trump impeachment trial. (Is it constitutional to convict a former president in an impeachment trial?) The Senate voted to move forward with the trial by a vote of 56-44. Six Republicans...

Evangelical law professor and former federal judge Michael McConnell argues that the Senate can try Trump because he was impeached while still in office

John Fea   |  February 5, 2021

Michael McConnell teaches law at Stanford. In 2002, George W. Bush nominated him to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Senate approved his nomination unanimously. Bush also had him on his short list for a Supreme Court nomination....

Putting the January 6, 2021 insurrection in historical context

John Fea   |  February 2, 2021

Catherine Halley of JSTOR Daily offers some great resources. Here is a taste of her January 7 piece: Yesterday our friends who teach sixth grade were asking: how do I talk to my students about the insurrection that just happened...

David Barton: If someone calls you a homophobe, just call them “a heterophobe.” (And other news from the world of evangelical Trumpism)

John Fea   |  January 27, 2021

Yesterday the Senate voted 55-45 to move forward with Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. The vote put an end to Kentucky senator Rand Paul’s constitutional objection to the trial. Most GOP senators supported Rand’s motion to kill the trial, but...

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