CCL President Robert S. Peck continues to serve as a source for reporters covering the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Answering an array of questions about procedures, constitutional requirements, the legitimacy of trying a former president, the First Amendment and incitement, and other related topics, Peck has provided answers to CBS stations across the country, Newsy.com, the Scripps-Howard network, Newsmax, and USA Today. 

     In his interviews, Peck has said that the Constitution does not bar a Senate trial of a former president who was impeached while still in office and that the First Amendment provides no basis for exempting the January 6 exhortation of people gathered by the then-president for the explicit purpose of stopping the Electoral College count from conviction in an impeachment trial. He has also explained the "imminent lawless action" standard declared by the Supreme Court in Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), as well as the rudimentary understanding of constitutional issues that defense counsel has shown in their briefing and time on the Senate floor.