ACS on Pelosi Impeachment Announcement

MEDIA CONTACT: Nancy Rodriguez, media@acslaw.org

Washington, DC — Below is a statement from Zinelle October, ACS Interim President:

“There have been numerous challenges to our constitutional order over the last few years. Given these circumstances, it is not only appropriate but necessary that Congress begin this formal impeachment inquiry. We are encouraged that the congressional committees charged with the duty to serve as a check on abuses of executive power are undertaking their constitutional obligation.

“We can only hope that the Senate’s unanimous call for the whistleblower complaint is a sign of their commitment to transparency and a recognition by all American institutions that no one is above the law.”

For more, see recent articles by members of the ACS network:

Trump's Ukraine Call Mentioning Biden is the Strongest Reason Yet for Impeachment, by Leah Litman, NBC News Opinion. Litman is an assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School and serves on the ACS Board of Academic Advisors.

Interview with Frank Bowman III, The American Prospect. Bowman is professor of law at the University of Missouri and visiting professor at Georgetown Law. A constitutional scholar, Bowman is author of High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump.

If Whistleblower Is Right, Trump May Have Committed Extortion and Bribery, by Barb McQuade, The Daily Beast.  McQuade is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and former U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan.

Why the Whistle-Blowing Process Is Breaking Down, by Stephen I. Vladeck, The New York Times. Vladeck is a professor at the University of Texas School of Law and a member of the ACS Board of Academic Advisors.