To: lepton
Today, a misdemeanor is a crime. Maybe it was something else back then I don’t know.
47 posted on
12/13/2019 3:10:14 PM PST by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: Jim W N
I understand that. I’m referring to what it used to mean.
Another way to look at it is a misdemeanor (mis-demeanor) is an offence, vs. a crime, which came to be referred to as a felony.
48 posted on
12/13/2019 3:14:02 PM PST by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Jim W N
“High Crimes and Misdemeanors” that is an “and” not an “OR”
49 posted on
12/13/2019 3:31:39 PM PST by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
To: Jim W N
“Today, a misdemeanor is a crime. Maybe it was something else back then I don’t know.”
Decisions today should absolutely be made on what the definition was when the FF wrote the Constitution.
64 posted on
12/14/2019 4:13:21 AM PST by
MayflowerMadam
("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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