Can Congress impeach an ex-president? Did Trump commit incitement to riot? Panelists discussing these issues include Berkeley Law professor John Yoo; National Review contributing editor and former federal prosecutor Andrew C. McCarthy; and NYU and University of Chicago professor of law Richard A. Epstein. This Berkeley Law School event will be a live taping for Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, and we invite you to join us for this rare recording that is open to the public.

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Impeachment 2.0: Can Congress Impeach an Ex-President?
Monday, February 8, 2021 at 1:00 pm PT / 4:00 pm ET

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

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Richard A. Epstein is the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University Law School, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago.

 

 

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John Yoo is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California–Berkeley School of Law, and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

 

 

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Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

 

 

ABOUT THE MODERATOR​:

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Peter M. Robinson is the Murdoch Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's video series program, Uncommon Knowledge™.

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