Should the President Be Impeached? Two Views

An episode of the Midday podcast, hosted by WYPR 88.1 FM Baltimore, titled "Should the President Be Impeached? Two Views" was published on January 25, 2019 and runs 49 minutes.

January 25, 2019 ·49m · Midday

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Summary

Two opposing views ___ one question: is it time to impeach the President?

Episode Description

Today on Midday, a conversation about whether President Trump himself has committed the high crimes and misdemeanors that the Constitution elucidates as a reason for Congress to impeach him. In an essay in the March issue of The Atlantic, Yoni Appelbaum makes the case that Congress should impeach Mr. Trump. Appelbaum is a historian and a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees the Ideas section. His March cover story in The Atlantic is called: “The Case for Impeachment.” He joins us on the line from the offices of The Atlantic in Washington, DC.Yascha Mounk is a scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the Agora Institute. He has published a kind of rebuttal to Dr. Appelbaum’s Atlantic essay, which was posted on Slate.com on Wednesday. It’s called: ----The Case Against Impeachment.---- Dr. Mounk joins us on the line from his office in Washington, DC.

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