nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210118-144627-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210118s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210118-144627-0 doi eng 342 23 Scheppele, Kim Lane Author aut Re-impeachment Scheppele, Kim Lane Verfassungsblog 2021-01-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Public law accountability is the hallmark of any constitutional government worthy of the name precisely because it would be less arbitrary. But private law accountability is better than nothing. Given that we don’t know how the impeachment trial will turn out, and given that Trump’s fellow Republicans do not yet seem ready to cut themselves lose from him, private retribution may be all we have. CC BY-SA 4.0 accountability Donald Trump Impeachment Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/re-impeachment/ raw object