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A Law Professor’S Modest Response To Trumpism: Supervising Student Directed Research Papers On Impeachment, Gregory S. Crespi
A Law Professor’S Modest Response To Trumpism: Supervising Student Directed Research Papers On Impeachment, Gregory S. Crespi
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
This short essay discusses my motivation for and the reading materials and procedures I use when offering about a half-dozen law students each semester a Directed Research option to research and write papers on the topic of Presidential impeachment. I recommend that those faculty members who may have only a modest Constitutional Law background, but who feel as I do that greater understanding and more sustained discussion of the merits and drawbacks of removal of President Trump from office through impeachment is called for, and who wish to facilitate such understanding and discussion without compromising their professional and ethical obligations …
Twitter And The #So-Calledjudge, Elizabeth G. Thornburg
Twitter And The #So-Calledjudge, Elizabeth G. Thornburg
SMU Law Review
Two-hundred-eighty characters may be insufficient to deliver a treatise on the judiciary, but it is more than enough to deliver criticism of the third branch of government. Today, these tweeted critiques sometimes come not from the general public but from the President himself. Attacks such as these come at a challenging time for court systems. We live in a highly politicized, polarized society. This polarization is reflected in attitudes toward the courts, particularly the federal courts. Unfortunately, public doubts about the court system come at a time when public understanding of the structure of government, and especially the court system, …