Jacqueline Thomsen

December 06, 2019 | National Law Journal

Cipollone wrote Friday that the inquiry "is completely baseless and has violated basic principles of due process and fundamental fairness."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

December 06, 2019 | Law.com

The book warns against potential abuses of impeachment powers, and calls on Congress to weigh the consequences of either removing a sitting president, or allowing a potentially corrupt executive to remain in office.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

11 minute read

December 06, 2019 | National Law Journal

Temporary House Judiciary Committee staffer Joshua Matz and Harvard's Laurence Tribe wrote "To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment," in 2017. It offers hints about how the committee could now be writing articles of impeachment against Trump.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

6 minute read

December 05, 2019 | National Law Journal

The Justice Department argued that courts don't have the authority to issue such rulings against a sitting president or his office because it "would raise the same separation of powers issues implicated by relief against the president himself."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

6 minute read

December 04, 2019 | National Law Journal

Stanford's Pam Karlan sparred with Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee as she and other legal experts testified on whether Trump's conduct is impeachable.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

8 minute read

December 04, 2019 | National Law Journal

The American Bar Association cited Sarah Pitlyk's lack of trial and litigation experience for issuing the rating.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

December 03, 2019 | National Law Journal

"If allowed to stand, the President's defiance, as justified by Mr. Cipollone, would represent an existential threat to the nation's Constitutional system of checks and balances, separation of powers, and rule of law," the House Intelligence Committee report reads.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

December 03, 2019 | National Law Journal

The 300-page report is divided into two sections: The first is on Trump's alleged misconduct, and the second focuses on his alleged obstruction of the impeachment inquiry.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

2 minute read

December 02, 2019 | National Law Journal

The witness list includes Stanford Law's Pamela Karlan, Harvard Law's Noah Feldman, Michael Gerhardt from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and Jonathan Turley, of the George Washington University Law School.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

6 minute read

December 02, 2019 | National Law Journal

DOJ lawyers argued that the Democratic lawmakers have not cited a "particularized need" for grand jury information on three people who have pleaded guilty to lying to investigators.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read