{"id":47471,"date":"2026-04-03T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47471"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:57:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:57:05","slug":"ralph-nader-symposium-on-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/ralph-nader-symposium-on-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Nader: Symposium on Impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"93\" src=\"https:\/\/ecp.yusercontent.com\/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fci3.googleusercontent.com%2Fmeips%2FADKq_NaZzh3zVtr-cNUNDzmSivn_HLUpTJAsvWzs6QpRxbXA7aA0dLk2mxmhy-f6tKJvK2JoI82Or92pkSl1ln4Zh7RCEE_tYvNUVcdZEIYzXkJOhTz1HBjRBsYgzCmZ3b4q5w2F4bzeWdF27y68QJpi3tDt1Zq3xQeqVMDvCHSs%3Ds0-d-e1-ft%23https%3A%2F%2Fgallery.mailchimp.com%2Fc5cfd22327c3214afb5955d02%2Fimages%2F2247f65e-3806-4f1a-a085-0f366819974b.png&amp;t=1775238653&amp;ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1cf0-4d0154010900&amp;sig=r21uxV5j1z_89ssw5zV5cg--~D\" alt=\"\">From the desk of Ralph\u00a0Nader<br><br><strong>Ralph\u00a0Nader\u00a0and Bruce Fein Present: Expert Legal Symposium on Impeachment and the Meaning of \u201cBribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br><br><strong>FOR RELEASE Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 3:00 PM<\/strong><br><br><strong>FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<\/strong><br><strong>Francesco DeSantis or Ralph\u00a0Nader, 202-387-8030 or\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:info@csrl.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>info@nader.org<\/strong><\/a><br><br><strong>Conference to feature Experts, Activists\u00a0<\/strong><br><br>Ralph\u00a0Nader, the legendary Consumer Advocate, and Constitutional lawyer and scholar Bruce Fein will hold a symposium at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 2026. This event will feature eminent legal scholars and activists discussing matters related to impeachment.<br><br>This event will begin with opening statements by Ralph\u00a0Nader\u00a0and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (pending confirmation) arranged into three panels:<br><br><strong>OPENING REMARKS BY RALPH\u00a0NADER<\/strong><br><br><strong>OPENING REMARKS BY REP. RASHIDA TLAIB (pending confirmation)<\/strong><br><br><strong>Panel 1: President Trump\u2019s usurpation of the congressional war power conferred by Article I, section 8, clause 11 exemplified by his gratuitous, ongoing, criminal war of aggression against Iran.<\/strong>Moderator: Theresa AmatoSpeakers: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Doug Bandow, Jeffrey Sterling\u00a0<br><br><strong>Panel 2: The credible fear that President Trump will obstruct, interfere with, or outright cancel the 2026 midterm elections unless impeached and removed from office.<\/strong>Moderator: John BonifazSpeakers: Bruce Fein, Oliver Hall, Jared DeMarinis\u00a0<br><br><strong>Panel 3: President Trump\u2019s industrial scale bribery and extortion exemplified by auctioning pardons, demanding free legal services to escape government retaliation, and conferring government favors or benefits in exchange for unlawful donations to Mr. Trump\u2019s sprawling business empire or pet projects like the White House ballroom.<\/strong>Moderator: Prof. Jack RakoveSpeakers: Prof. Alan Morrison, Rob Weissman, Isabel Munilla (pending confirmation)<br><br>These expert, bipartisan panelists \u2013 including former Congressman Dennis Kucinich, the Cato Institute\u2019s Doug Bandow, POGO Executive Director Isabel Munilla, Maryland State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis, whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, and more \u2013\u00a0\u00a0will lay a firm legal foundation for potential future impeachment proceedings including preliminary \u201cshadow hearings\u201d on impeachment. This event is co-sponsored by RootsAction, Free Speech For People and Essential Information.\u00a0<br><br>This symposium will be held Wednesday, April 8, in the Rayburn Building, Room 2044, and will run from\u00a0<strong>9:00 am to 1:30 p.m<\/strong>. Breakfast and coffee will be provided starting at 8:30 am.<br><br>More information, including the event schedule and speaker biographies, are available here:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/capitolhillcitizen.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=199e0ac376069d75d8a203ae3&amp;id=efae7e8ac4&amp;e=bc9842b741\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nader.org\/2026\/04\/02\/expert-legal-symposium-on-impeachment-and-the-meaning-of-bribery-or-other-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors\/<\/a><br><br>If you plan to attend, please\u00a0RSVP\u00a0here:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/capitolhillcitizen.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=199e0ac376069d75d8a203ae3&amp;id=7e63b117d4&amp;e=bc9842b741\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/b1adtMSWzqVhZXm69<\/a><br><br><em>Copyright \u00a9 2026 Daily Citizen, All rights reserved.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the desk of Ralph\u00a0Nader Ralph\u00a0Nader\u00a0and Bruce Fein Present: Expert Legal Symposium on Impeachment and the Meaning of \u201cBribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 FOR RELEASE Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 3:00 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:Francesco DeSantis or Ralph\u00a0Nader, 202-387-8030 or\u00a0info@nader.org Conference to feature Experts, Activists\u00a0 Ralph\u00a0Nader, the legendary&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/ralph-nader-symposium-on-impeachment\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47471"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47473,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47471\/revisions\/47473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}