The House could file articles of impeachment because they don’t like the way a President shaves in the morning. They can use any reason they like.
It is a moot question. We have had 2 presidents that were impeached by the House — Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Neither were removed from office.
Whether the House impeaches is irrelevant ... the Senate will never convict.
The only president to leave office before his term was over was Richard Nixon, and he was never impeached at all. He only resigned to save the office and the country from going through the circus.
A lawyer once told me, “It doesn’t matter whether the laws are firmly on your side or not. Once you go before a judge you are taking a fifty/fifty crap shoot.” The House impeaches and the Senate tries. With senators like Romney and Collins and the way they shamelessly trade votes for pork, it’s a crap shoot there as well. Another thing the lawyer said is, “There is no justice and if there is, it’s an accident.”
I suspect that if impeachment was pursued by the Rats the Federal courts would reject any challenge that DJT might lodge with a "leave us out of this" decision.
Since when has the DemRATS followed the Constitution? The REAL one, words and meaning?
I love what SC Justice Scalia said about the Constitution. That it is not a “living” document. It is a “LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT”.
The Honorable Judge Scalia was a Constitutional defender. Dangerous to the deep state.
This might help, for a good laugh?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_Donald_Trump
As for Pelosi
“In May 2019 she indicated that Trump’s continued actions, which she characterized as obstruction of justice and refusal to honor Congressional subpoenas, might make an impeachment inquiry necessary. An increasing number of House Democrats and one Republican were requesting such an inquiry.”
The democRAT-controlled House can use whatever they like for charges to impeach Trump.
But there are downsides that are political too.
First the Senate, probably won't convict.
Second, the voters will see whether the democRATS are being frivolous or serious with their impeachment effort. The 2020 election looms large.
Impeachment is constitutional even if the charges are based on partisan politics.
I call it rule by impeachment.
They can impeach for just about any reason they concoct, but then it goes to the Senate for trial, which it is almost impossible to convict. It requires 2/3rd majority to convict. The founding fathers were brilliant in setting up this way because it forces the politicians to conduct a trial where politics will become obvious and will backfire on the politicians. These democrats would have to list the articles of impeachment and what would those charges be? They don’t like Trump? He lies? etc.? There are no criminal charges that they can make.
I hope they do it. It would be nice to have both Congress and POTUS.
define “other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,”.
Am I wrong to believe that if they go ahead and impeach him for political reasons without any sort of crime whatsoever that the impeachment could be overturned on a constitutional basis?
Impeach is available to remove a President if the majority in the house and senate believe it is necessary (a very high bar to get over) but in the end impeach is a political procedure.
So to answer your question is that the house could impeach a President for any reason they wish and it would not be unconstitutional.
The Constitution clearly says natural born citizen.
Obama is not one.
If these bastards impeach our President for absolutely NO cause other than the fact that they lost an election to him, isn’t that sedition and couldn’t each and every one of them who votes for it be brought up on charges? I’m serious.
Or have they already covered that base by passing some law making themselves immune to have to follow laws?
unconstitutional ? LOL...
Progressives think the Constitution is piece of paper locked in a hermetically sealed nice wooden box for rubes like us to look at...
Means nothing to them.....
“other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”
Congress can define that any way they damn well please.
As long as they have the votes.
The Democrats seek to impeach anyone with whom they disagree. It's their regular drumbeat, like calling everyone who disagrees with them "nazis" or "racists."
Democrats have only contempt for the Constitution--and the rule of law.
We live either under the law or under the law of the jungle.
Democrats prefer the law of the jungle because they don't mind violence and destruction, and they have no qualms about using power to oppress anyone who disagrees with them or gets in their way.
If they cannot achieve their goals, they will destroy.
In this way, they hold benevolent, peace-loving truth-seekers hostage: the benevolent seek freedom, justice, and the rule of law; the evil (Democrats et al.) seek oppression, power, injustice, and the law of the jungle.
Overturned by whom? You want judges to decide everything?
Conservatives are ok with the political branches deciding political questions.
The “crime” is whatever congress says it is.
If you have the votes in the House, you can impeach.
If you have the votes in the Senate you can convict.
It’s a political removal process, not a criminal court.
Trump committed the worst possible crime: He defeated Saint Hillary.