White House attorney Patrick Philbin told senators the very notion of “mixed motives” would invalidate the article on the spot. . “It would be absurd to have the Senate trying to consider it if it was 48% legitimate interests or 52% personal interests,” Philbin argued. ..…
To the extent that Andrew Johnson trial has precedential value on the meaning of the clause, about what group of senators, only few generations removed from Framers, thought the clause meant. In Federalist 65, that the subjects of Senate's impeachment jurisdiction are those offenses. ..…
He said these words who worked with bipartisan group in House in 1974 to vote to impeach Nixon. ..…
During the question-and-answer portion of Trump's Senate trial on two articles of impeachment, Dershowitz presented expansive view of answer to question posed by Sen. ..…