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Commentary: What happened to Ecuador? How crime and power struggles brought a democracy to the brink

Ecuador’s president, Guillermo Lasso, dissolved the country’s legislature Wednesday to dodge an impeachment vote he appeared bound to lose. He invoked a previously untested constitutional provision known as “muerte cruzada,” or “mutual death,” which permits the president to send lawmakers packing and rule by decree while facing new elections within…

Los Angeles Times

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PHILADELPHIA — Bruce Castor, the former Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, district attorney and county commissioner who represented former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial, filed an eight-page motion in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, asking to no longer represent former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in a civil…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ecuador’s president dissolved congress to avoid impeachment. Here’s what that means

Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso, a wealthy former banker who’s popular among investors, found a way to fend off almost certain impeachment by the opposition-controlled congress: He dissolved the body. That set off Article 148 of the country’s constitution, a provision known as “mutual death,” which means new elections for president…

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MTG's Biden impeachment "stunt" mocked

MAGA Republicans want to impeach the president while defending "fraudster George Santos," top Democrat says

Salon

Marjorie Taylor Greene files impeachment against Biden, unlikely to pass

Firebrand lawmaker also unsuccesffuly filed impeachment articles against president in 2021

The Independent UK

Reactions to Ecuador's Lasso dissolving Congress

Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved the National Assembly, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he presented his defense in an impeachment process against him.

Reuters

Why Ecuador's president dissolved the National Assembly, and what happens next

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the country's National Assembly just as it was forging ahead with impeachment proceedings to remove the conservative leader from office over alleged mismanagement

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Explainer-Ecuador's Lasso dissolved the legislature. What comes next?

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree on Wednesday, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he defended himself in an impeachment hearing.

Reuters

Ecuador’s embattled president dissolves congress in bid to avoid impeachment

Guillermo Lasso announces move a day after the start of an impeachment trial that seems likely to lead to his removal

The Guardian - US

Ecuadorian president dissolves National Assembly, puts end to impeachment proceedings

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has put an end to impeachment proceedings against him by dissolving the opposition-led National Assembly which had accused him of embezzlement

The Independent UK

Ecuador president Lasso dissolves National Assembly, triggers early elections

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree on Wednesday, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections and heading off an attempt by opposition politicians to impeach him.

Reuters

Ecuador assembly begins impeachment hearing against President Lasso

Ecuador's National Assembly on Tuesday began an impeachment hearing against President Guillermo Lasso, who could be removed from his post, though the process increases the likelihood he will dissolve the legislature to avoid a final vote.

Reuters

Offices and Officers of the Constitution, Part IV: The "Office . . . Under the United States" Drafting Convention

A synthesis of our prior writings on the meaning of “Office . . . under the United States.”

Reason

Ecuador lawmakers re-elect National Assembly president

Independent lawmaker Virgilio Saquicela was re-elected president of Ecuador's National Assembly on Sunday, supported by politicians who want an impeachment process against President Guillermo Lasso to advance to a vote for his possible removal.

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Can The Texas House Expel A Member Who Already Resigned?

There are some parallels to late impeachment.

Reason

Offices and Officers of the Constitution, Part III: The Appointments, Impeachment, Commissions, and Oath or Affirmation Clauses

A synthesis of our prior writings, and clarification on the meaning of “Officers of the United States.”

Reuters

Ecuador assembly votes to carry on Lasso impeachment trial

Lawmakers in Ecuador's National Assembly voted on Tuesday to continue an impeachment process against President Guillermo Lasso over embezzlement accusations, potentially moving the labyrinthine process toward its final stage.

The Independent UK

Ecuador legislature moves forward on president's impeachment

Ecuador’s opposition-led National Assembly has voted to move forward with impeachment proceedings against President Guillermo Lasso over embezzlement allegations, while his defense team argues that the procedure violates the legislative body’s own rules

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Reuters

Ecuador committee fails to pass report saying no cause for Lasso impeachment

The oversight committee of Ecuador's National Assembly on Saturday failed to muster up the votes to approve a report recommending against a vote to impeach President Guillermo Lasso over embezzlement accusations.

Reuters

Ecuador committee report does not recommend Lasso removal, lawmaker says

The oversight committee of Ecuador's National Assembly will debate a draft report that concludes President Guillermo Lasso did not participate in embezzlement and recommends against his impeachment, a lawmaker said on Friday.

Reuters

Ecuador opposition, lawyer for president duel at impeachment hearings

A representative from Ecuador's opposition and a lawyer for President Guillermo Lasso on Wednesday gave dueling testimony to a congressional committee tasked with recommending whether to remove the conservative leader from office.

Reuters

Explainer-Why are Ecuador lawmakers trying to impeach President Lasso?

Ecuadorean opposition lawmakers and President Guillermo Lasso - or his lawyer - are scheduled to testify this week in impeachment hearings that could see the conservative former banker censured and removed from office.

Reason

The Stealth Impeachment of Judge Newman in the Federal Circuit

Chief Judge Kimberly Moore cannot be the judge, jury, and executioner of her colleague.

WEKU

Congress has clashed with Supreme Court justices over ethics in the past

The Thomas-Crow connection recalls past relationships that caught the attention of Congress, resulting in hearings that undermined a potential chief justice and the court's longest-serving member.

Reuters

Lawyer for Ecuador's Lasso calls for impeachment hearing to be struck down

The defense representing Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso has asked lawmakers to declare impeachment hearings against him inadmissible, arguing that the embezzlement of which he is accused did not take place, the president's lawyer said on Monday.

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