United States

House of Representatives

Committee on the Judiciary

For IMMEDIATE Release CONTACT: Sam Stratman/Michelle Morgan

November 2, 1998 (202) 225-2492

House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee

to Hold Hearing on

"The Background and History of Impeachment"

WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Charles T. Canady (R-FL) will hold a hearing on Monday, November 9 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss "The Background and History of Impeachment." The hearing will take place in room 2141 of the Rayburn Building.

The following witnesses are expected to testify:

William Van Alstyne, Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

Charles Cooper, Esq., Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal, Washington, DC

Stephen Presser, Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law

Gary McDowell, Director of the Institute for U.S. Studies, University of London

Jonathan Turley, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

Griffin Bell, Esq., King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia

John O. McGinnis, Professor of Law, Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law

Forrest McDonald, Historian and Professor of History, University of Alabama

Richard Parker, Professor of Law, Harvard University School of Law

John Harrison, Professor of Law, University of Virginia

Michael Gerhardt, Professor of Law, College of William & Mary School of Law

Cass Sunstein, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School

Laurence Tribe, Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School

Dan Politt, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina Law School

Matthew Holden, Professor of Government and Politics, University of Virginia

Susan Low Bloch, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Father Robert Drinan, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Jack Rakove, Professor of History, Stanford University

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Professor of History, City University of New York

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