Posted on 12/13/2019 7:26:18 PM PST by caww
America is witnessing Democrats attempt to file a false report against Trump in their resolve to undermine the Constitution the Democrat House Judiciary Comm. passed 2 articles of impeachment on a strictly party-line, partisan vote.
Shameful media reporting on this “historic impeachment” as if impeachment itself is evidence or a conviction, in an attempt to pretend there is any actual legal merit to this sham.
“Impeachment” is the term for filing charges in this context. Similarly to a regular prosecutor “charging” a person with an alleged crime through the act of filing charges, constitutionally the House is charging through the act of filing articles of impeachment. But importantly, “impeaching” him does not mean that Trump is actually guilty of anything. If passed by a majority of the full House, Trump will have only been charged.
Think of “impeaching” as synonymous with “charging” in this context. If someone has been charged, this means allegations and a presumption of innocence, the same here for impeachment — only allegations, and the president has the presumption of innocence and has not been found guilty of any wrongdoing simply because of the filing of articles of impeachment.
The system of impeachment can be abused. House Democrats are trying to file 'false impeachment' against President Trump for their own political purposes — not because there is any genuine legal reason.
Contrary to what mainstream media is claiming, impeachment is not purely political. Like criminal charges, impeachment can only be filed for conduct specified in Article II, Section 4 (“treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors”) and must have evidentiary support.
The House Judiciary Committee 'maliciously advanced' two articles of impeachment, “abuse of power” and “obstruction of congress,” that 'do not qualify as impeachable offenses here'... Worse, the committee has not found evidence for these articles.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Further.......“Obstruction of Congress” is the Democrats’ way of ‘ignoring’ the separation of powers and the law. Every president has exercised legitimate executive privilege and due process rights. The president is not required simply to obey the whim of Congress without objection. When there is a dispute over the powers of Congress to force the executive branch to comply, we have another branch of government to resolve those questions of law: the judiciary.
Our Constitution provides for this to ensure that Congress doesn’t overreach and that there is enforcement for the executive to comply where proper. But the Democrats don’t want to wait for a decision from the courts. They want to pretend they are the highest branch of government, and if President Trump, the White House, and the executive branch don’t automatically do everything congressional Democrats prefer, they can whine and pretend this is illegal and impeachable.
It isn’t.
Malicious prosecution
Everybody with a heartbeat knows this is a sham.
Only the liars and treasonous bastards will disagree.
The author is Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) a ‘constitutional law attorney’ and the ‘senior legal adviser for the Trump 2020 campaign’. She is the author of The Legal Basis for a Moral Constitution.
He is guilty of being elected.
America is witnessing Democrats attempt to file a false report against Trump
Impeach = indict.
Yes, you can indict a ham sandwich.
But, you have to explain to the judge why you indicted the ham sandwich.
If the House is smart, they’ll not vote to indict a ham sandwich.
If the Senate is smart, they’ll censure the House Democrats for being so stupid as to indict a ham sandwich.
Yes they do....this article is written by a Consitutional Law Attorney....and the Senior legal adviser for the Trump campaign.
I’d say it’s worth a read....
It don’t mean jack...
If a few democrats had any morals, they’d vote against this travesty. That they can impeach without ANY evidence AT ALL, is outrageous! Pray without ceasing.
In the first place he hasn’t been impeached, a committee has recommended that the house vote for impeachment.
In the second place, an impeachment is the equivalent of a grand jury indictment. A closed proceeding where the state looks only at evidence against the accused and tries to determine if, in the total absence of exculpatory evidence, there is enough to obtain a conviction.
Yeah. What you said.
It does to those who like to understand the ‘legal’ side and not just what pundits have to say.
It does to those who like to understand the ‘legal’ side and not just what pundits have to say.
They wave the constitution in our faces constatnly while they step on it in every step they take.
well how else would you differ the big networks from all the other sources which have now sprung up since Trumps election? Not all media are “a farce” as you stated.
well how else would you differ the big networks from all the other sources which have now sprung up since Trumps election? Not all media are “a farce” as you stated.
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