Pamela Karlan, a law professor at Stanford University, speaks before the House Judiciary Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 4, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
A law professor’s reference to Barron Trump, the 13-year-old son of President Donald Trump, during the impeachment hearing on Dec. 4 sparked an immediate backlash.
“While the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron,” Pamela Karlan, a law professor at Stanford University, said during the hearing in Washington.