The House of Representatives votes on a resolution formalizing the impeachment inquiry centered on President Donald Trump in Washington on Oct. 31, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Author’s Note: The impeachment resolution discussed below implies that future committee impeachment investigations will be open to the public. Shortly after this article was published, however, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) announced that closed hearings in the House Intelligence Committee will continue.
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
