> According to who, you? <
Well, yeah. That’s why I said “I believe that...” in my post.
Anyway, the tricky part is in the phrase “high crimes and misdemeanors”. In the language of the day, that phrase included simple misbehaving. That’s why Founder Benjamin Franklin said what he did: The House could impeach a president just for being rude (obnoxious).
It is also worth noting that impeachment carries no criminal penalties. No one gets fined, and no one goes to jail. It is a purely political process.
Well impeachment is only formal charge. It then goes to the Senate for conviction.
OK, I guess I’ll have to research the meaning of “misdemeanors” back then. It seems sensible that it would be a “low crime” (which it is now) because it is juxtaposed with “high crimes” in the section.
I’ll check it out, and thank for a reasoned response.