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A More Perfect Union: Jeffrey Rosen and Ali Velshi on Whether a Former President Can Be Impeached

February 08, 2021

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Senate Republicans say the text of the Constitution only allows sitting presidents to be tried after they are impeached, but Democrats argue there is a precedent that the Senate has tried former officials in the past. So who is right?

The National Constitution Center's Jeffrey Rosen joins MSNBCs Ali Velshi to look at both sides of the following argument: Is the Senate impeachment trial of a former president unconstitutional?


 

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