Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Impeachment and Judiciary

For Monday, read Davidson ch. 14.  What domestic issues do you want to discuss on Wednesday of next week?

Trump Impeachment I


The J6 Committee




Court-packing  (Davidson 347-348).

A check on the court:  jurisdiction-stripping, or court-stripping (Davidson 344-345 -- a 2020 article)

Constitutional Amendments

Response to statutory (vs. constitutional) interpretation (Davidson p. 363)  Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and ADA

Supreme Court Nominations (355-356)

Clarence Thomas:




In hearings, senators try to get judicial nominees on the record.  NOTE WHAT ALITO SAYS (START AT 18:45) ABOUT STARE DECISIS.





Merrick Garland and "the Biden Rule" 

Gorsuch and the nuclear option 

KBJ




Blue Slips and Senatorial Courtesy (Davidson, 357)


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