Episode 12: Advise and Impeach

March 31, 2021

Professor Michael Gerhardt joins Akhil and Andy for a post-mortem on impeachment, fresh off his role as counsel to Senator Leahy, presiding officer for the Senate trial, and tells us of his new book, “Lincoln’s Mentors.”

“Amarica’s Constitution” welcomes our guest, Professor Michael Gerhardt, who pulls himself away from his work as Congress’ go-to expert on the impeachment to share a postmortem with us from the inside. He should know – he was retained by the presiding officer, Senator Leahy, as counsel for the impeachment. His new book, “Lincoln’s Mentors,” is out, and we can’t ever resist a Lincoln discussion. Andy and Akhil have been teasing about EverScholar – today they let us know what all the fuss is about; see for yourself at everscholar.org.

Show Notes:

Note on Professor Charles Hill

We mention Professor Hill, a legendary Yale professor much admired by Andy and Akhil. Sadly, Professor Hill passed away on March 27, 2021, after the taping of this podcast. The Washington Post had a lengthy article on Professor Hill’s passing; it can be read here; the Yale Daily News tribute, which quotes Andy, can be read here.