Civil Counterpoints: A Campus Conversation Series aims to stimulate thoughtful and respectful dialogue on volatile contemporary issues among members of the Texas Tech community. The eighth program of this series concerns issues surrounding impeachment and the constitutional crisis.
Program Description: Even in this moment in our nation's history when our political conversations are characterized by divisive bitterness and reactionary polarization, few controversies have been as incendiary as the possible impeachment of a president. In the 230 years since George Washington's first inaugural, only two commanders-in-chief have ever been impeached, though many others have faced the threat in varying degrees. Setting personal political inclinations aside, what does the Constitution actually say about the matter? How have the courts defined the impeachable standard of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors”? How do we contextualize the current impeachment inquiry? And how can we unravel the intricacies of an impending constitutional crisis?
Dr. Erik Bucy, Marshall and Sharleen Formby Regents Professor of Strategic Communication in the College of Media & Communications at Texas Tech, will moderate.
Featured Speakers include:
John L. Watts, Charles B. “Tex” Thornton Professor of Law, Texas Tech University
Nancy Beck Young, Professor of History, University of Houston
Tom Sell, Cofounder and Managing Partner, Combest, Sell & Associates, LLC
Mark McKenzie, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas Tech University
Please join us on Wednesday evening, November 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the Red Raider Ballroom of the Student Union Building for what will certainly be an educational and provocative discussion. A reception with the guests will immediately follow. This event is free and open to the public.
