Can an ex-President be Impeached?

Constitutional law scholars Steve Vladeck and Philip Bobbitt join Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman for a lively and extremely relevant debate on whether or not the U.S. Constitution allows for the impeachment trial of an ex-President.

GUESTS:

Philip Bobbitt, Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence, Columbia Law School

Stephen Vladeck (@steve_vladeck), Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts, U. Texas at Austin School of Law

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News

Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News

RESOURCES:

"Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump" by Michael Isikoff, Yahoo News (June 6, 2017)

"Why the Senate Shouldn't Hold a Late Impeachment Trial" by Philip Bobbitt, Lawfare (Jan. 27, 2021)

"The Constitutional Case for the Impeachability of Former Federal Officials" by Brian Kalt, Texas Review of Law and Politics (Oct. 2001)

INS v. Chadha (462 US 919, 1983)

Nixon v. United States (506 US 224, 1993)

Ex parte Grossman (267 US 87, 1925)

The impeachment trial of William Belknap

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