Hot Topics in Washington featuring Ken Starr

the second time as farce. But what about the third?
In August 1974, under threat of impeachment, Richard M. Nixon resigned the office of President of the United States, making him the first – and so far the last – person ever to do so. After resigning, Nixon was neither indicted nor prosecuted and his successor, Gerald R. Ford, pardoned him for any crimes he may have committed.
Twenty-four years later, in December 1998, the House of Representatives voted to impeach then-President William Jefferson (“Bill”) Clinton on grounds of perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice. In February 1999, the United States Senate found Clinton not guilty of perjury and deadlocked on the obstruction of justice charge. Clinton served out his second term.
Fast forward twenty years and Donald Trump’s campaign is under a special counsel’s investigation into potential collusion with the Russian government to help sway the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Some observers question whether the President may have obstructed justice in connection with the investigation.
May a sitting President be indicted for obstruction of justice? If so, can he pardon himself? Or are the questions academic because the President, as head of the executive branch, at least nominally heads the Department of Justice?
We'll hear from former independent counsel, Solicitor General and U.S. Circuit Court Judge Kenneth W. Starr on these and other questions relating to investigating a sitting President, moderated by David Applegate of the Chicago Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy.
About the speakers:
Kenneth W. Starr is a former federal judge, law professor, university professor, and partner in a major international law firm, who headed the independent counsel investigation that led to President Clinton’s impeachment.
David L. Applegate is a lawyer in private practice who, while in college, debated with the late William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of National Review, against then-Senator Lowell B. Weicker, Jr. (R-CT), on CBS television concerning the propriety of the Watergate investigation.
11:45 a.m. Registration 12:00 p.m. Lunch and Program 1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Q&A 
$50 Members/$60 non-members ($60/$75 after 5 p.m. on August 20, 2018) $30 Students (with ID)
A plated lunch will be served. (email chicagofederalistsociety@yahoo.com with any dietary needs/restictions) Space is limited. This event will sell out. We reserve the right to refuse admission to anyone not pre-registered.