Week in Review: Impeachment and Second Thoughts

Revisiting Faithless Execution and Congress's "indispensable" power.

December 22 2019

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Impeachment and Second Thoughts Andrew C. McCarthy I don't see how our constitutional system can work without a viable impeachment remedy. But I may have been wrong to believe that we could be trusted to invoke the remedy responsibly. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Is Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker a Culmination or the End of Cinema? Armond White The inclination — or addiction — that Star Wars represents was what Jean-Luc Godard, creator of the most singularly thrilling and intellectually stimulating movies, always feared: the movie-watching habit being indulged without reflection or feeling. If Impeachment Articles Are Not Delivered, Did Impeachment Happen? Andrew C. McCarthy It's all well and good for the Speaker to hold up the works that Democrats, five minutes ago, were breathlessly telling us had to be carried out with all due haste. But many scholars take the position that the Constitution requires a trial if there has been an impeachment. Former NSA Director Michael Rogers Cooperating with Durham Investigation into Trump-Russia... Tobias Hoonhout Former National Security Agency director and retired Admiral Michael Rogers has met multiple times with U.S. Attorney John Durham as part of an ongoing probe into the origins of the... ADVERTISEMENT The Senate's Trial Adam White As President Trump's impeachment leaves the House, the Senate needs to be what the Founders expected it to be. The Supreme Court Must Not Let Google's Theft of Intellectual Property Stand Rachel Bovard Google's innovations have changed the world, in many cases for the worse. As it grows ever larger, it cannot be allowed to bend our rights to its will. It has already eroded the boundaries of our legal privacy. It should not be permitted to rewrite intellectual-property law, as well. A Russian Under Every Bed Victor Davis Hanson The three-year-long effort to abort the Trump presidency — now culminating with a manipulated impeachment effort — has warped U.S. foreign policy toward Russia. Partisanship Doesn't Entirely Explain Trump's Impeachment Jonah Goldberg Whatever you think about what Trump did with regard to Ukraine, if he's the master strategist some bizarrely still claim he is, his actions were a political mistake. Spox Confirms Justin Fairfax 'Planning on Running' for Virginia Governor Despite Sexual... Tobias Hoonhout A spokeswoman for Virginia's Justin Fairfax confirmed Thursday that Fairfax plans to run for governor despite two outstanding sexual assault allegations. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SEE MY OPTIONS Photo Essays Star Wars Fans Underwater Santas ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.