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On the recordFebruary 8, 2021
The vast majority of constitutional scholars who studied the question and weighed in on the proposition being advanced by the President this January exception, heretofore unknown, agree with us.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Jamie Raskin discusses the consensus among constitutional scholars regarding the constitutionality of the impeachment trial.

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