The Berkeley law professor John Yoo warns that impeaching Donald Trump over his alleged solicitation of re-election assistance from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy could undermine presidential powers to conduct foreign policy and protect national security. Given Yoo’s expansive understanding of those powers, that prospect may count as an argument in favor of impeachment.
“The Constitution vests the president with the authority to conduct foreign policy and the responsibility to protect the nation’s security,” Yoo writes in a New York Times op-ed piece. “A president, even one who is possibly engaging in wrongdoing, must have confidence in the confidentiality of his communications …read more
Source:: Reason.com
