Latest from Harry Litman
  • Opinion
This race could be a bellwether for the future of prosecution
It's a battle between reform and tradition.
  • Mar 2, 2020
  • Opinion
​​This is one of the most odious achievements of Trump’s presidency
Attorney General William P. Barr’s department has effectively gone rogue.
  • Feb 11, 2020
  • Opinion
Will acquittal kill the impeachment clause? The voters get the final say.
This November, the Constitution itself will be on the ballot.
  • Feb 5, 2020
  • Opinion
Dershowitz may have argued himself out of relevance
On Wednesday night he drove the car off the cliff.
  • Jan 30, 2020
  • Opinion
Trump’s mixed-motive defense is a lousy argument dressed up in plausible legalese
If GOP senators use the mixed-motive argument as a basis for voting against witnesses, they will have been hoodwinked, and perhaps willingly.
  • Jan 29, 2020
  • Opinion
Why ‘too much delay’ is such a bogus argument against bringing in John Bolton
If the Senate decides to subpoena Bolton, and Trump runs to the courts, he should find the courthouse door closed to him.
  • Jan 27, 2020
  • Opinion
Dershowitz and Starr may bring a slightly more reality-based Trump defense
Starr already has disavowed the president’s preferred see-no-evil strategy.
  • Jan 18, 2020
  • Opinion
Bolton matters. But the documents probably matter more.
They set up effective testimony of any witnesses and provide nuggets of truth.
  • Jan 16, 2020
  • Opinion
Democrats can get witnesses with 50 votes — if Roberts does his job
The trial will hinge on him using his powers and on Republican defectors.
  • Jan 14, 2020
  • Opinion
Don’t assume the Supreme Court will give Trump a resounding victory
The president needs more than pro-executive views to keep his taxes hidden.
  • Dec 16, 2019
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