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The second impeachment of former President Trump, in connection with the January 6th Capitol riot, has illuminated a constitutional issue that lawmakers of the past have already debated: does Congress have the jurisdiction to involve a former public official, now a private citizen, in an impeachment proceeding?

The law is alive, and responds dramatically to changes in our interpretation of it. When people's guilt or innocence of a crime is in question, we can't make those changes carelessly.