Quarantine Powers
During a health crisis, what is the government allowed to do? As the novel coronavirus spreads across America, there have been closures and lockdowns across the country. In this episode, we look to hi...
17 Mar 202032min
Prosecutorial Discretion
Prosecutors recommended that Roger Stone, an associate of Donald Trump, be given a heavy penalty after being convicted of seven felony counts, including lying to authorities. But after intervention fr...
22 Feb 202034min
War Powers and Impeachment Update
After Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, many wondered if the two countries were on the brink of a major conflict. This incident is only the latest in the long-standi...
25 Jan 202036min
Bribery
Bribery is one of the three offenses listed in the Constitution as grounds for impeachment. Even though that is attempting to bribe Ukraine is the act that precipitated to Trump’s impeachment, it’s no...
23 Des 201930min
Confrontation Clause
Since the beginning of the impeachment proceedings against the President, Donald Trump has insisted he has a right to confront “the whistleblower,” the anonymous member of the intelligence community w...
15 Nov 201929min
Foreign Affairs
Donald Trump says he should not be impeached as President, since there was ‘no quid pro quo’ on a phone call where he asked the Ukrainian president to investigate a political rival, former Vice Presid...
18 Okt 201929min
Obstruction
Trump lawyers assert that all of Trump’s actions during the Mueller investigation were within his rights as President and can’t be classified as obstruction of justice, especially because there is no ...
21 Sep 201926min
Contempt Power
What is Congress’ contempt power and how can they use it to force people to cooperate with their investigations? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our...
13 Mai 201920min
