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.
“You do not understand the Constitution. Our Constitution has several checks and balances built into it. Impeachment is one such check. The Constitution is a little vague on what is meant by “high crimes and misdemeanors” and I think there was a reason for that.”
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I guess I don’t understand it, then, since it doesn’t say that Congress can impeach for any reason it likes. A crime, even a misdemeanor is against the law. So, to me, it seems that the constitution requires that the person that is being impeached has broken the law in some way.
If the constitution said “impeach willy nilly” and 2/3 of the Senate have to agree, then that would make more sense. But it doesn’t. It clearly states the grounds for impeachment. Both Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson had broken the law prior to impeachment, therefore following the grounds outlined in the constitution. This political show doesn’t follow the constitution at all.