How to testify in an impeachment trial

In this impeachment edition of The Point, CNN Legal Analyst and UNC Law Professor Michael Gerhardt sits down with Chris Cillizza to discuss what it’s like to testify in an impeachment hearing. In early December, Professor Gerhardt testified as a constitutional law expert before the House Judiciary Committee. He also testified before Congress during the Clinton impeachment hearing.

SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:

How a Senate Impeachment Trial Might Work
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/11/impeachment-in-the-senate-how-a-trial-would-work.html

Who Is Michael J. Gerhardt? Professor Made Impeachment His Specialty
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/us/politics/michael-gerhardt.html

Law Professor Michael Gerhardt Discusses His Testimony During Impeachment Hearing
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/05/785253917/law-professor-michael-gerhardt-discusses-his-testimony-during-impeachment-hearin

Testing of a president: the constitution; it's impeachment or nothing, panel is told by experts
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/10/us/testing-president-constitution-it-s-impeachment-nothing-panel-told-experts.html?searchResultPosition=21

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