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Interest reportedly intensified after the Trump administration declassified materials related to the investigation surrounding Trump’s first impeachment.
“I don’t see any reason why it couldn’t be done,” Dershowitz said in comments later shared by Trump on social media.
Dershowitz has also acknowledged uncertainty about whether Congress possesses such authority.
Other legal scholars strongly disagree.
Michael Gerhardt, a constitutional law professor at the University of North Carolina, dismissed the proposal as legally baseless.
“Historically, nobody thought that Congress had this power, because Congress doesn’t have this power,” he added.
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