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The Articles of Impeachment: Thin Gruel

The Articles of Impeachment: Thin Gruel
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) speaks to announce articles of impeachment for President Donald Trump during a press conference at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 10, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
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A journalist of my acquaintance, on seeing the proposed articles of impeachment, called them “underwhelming.” That’s a pretty good description.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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