Posted on 01/22/2020 12:31:16 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
XCLUSIVE: The attorneys general of 21 states have come forward with a blistering rebuke of the impeachment of President Trump, asserting that it "establishes a dangerous historical precedent."
The Republican attorneys general, in a letter submitted to the Senate Wednesday morning and obtained by Fox News, urged the chamber conducting Trump's trial to "reject" the impeachment articles.
"If not expressly repudiated by the Senate, the theories animating both Articles will set a precedent that is entirely contrary to the Framers' design and ruinous to the most important governmental structure protections contained in our Constitution: the separation of powers," they wrote.
The letter accuses House Democrats of impeaching Trump as a politically motivated response to the 2016 election and warned that it poses a threat to the 2020 election as well.
"Even an unsuccessful effort to impeach the President undermines the integrity of the 2020 presidential election because it weaponizes a process that should only be initiated in exceedingly rare circumstances and should never be used for partisan purposes," the letter continued.
The attorneys general proceeded to pick apart the impeachment articles themselves. The abuse of power article, they claimed, "is based upon a constitutionally-flawed theory" that is "infinitely expansive and subjective" because it relies on the motivation the president had for "exercising concededly lawful constitutional authority" (emphasis in original) that Democrats deemed to be corrupt.
"It cannot be a legitimate basis to impeach a President for acting in a legal manner that may also be politically advantageous," they continued. "Such a standard would be cause for the impeachment of virtually every President, past, present, and future."
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The GOP letter was signed by the attorneys general of Alabama,
Alaska,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia,
Indiana,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah, and
West Virginia.
Notice: NO STATES FROM THE NORTH EAST OR THE WEST
Threaten a movement to Repeal the 17th Amendment, and Make it REAL and they will act.
The Democrat Party is devoted entirely to its own expansion of power. It will not rest until its authority over the USA matches that of the Communist Party over Red China.
“I know it looks complicated, but this is really very simple,” the Senate Judiciary Committee member said. “From a larger perspective, here's what's going on. Large portions of the political establishment here in Washington, D.C. think the American people are morons and they're not qualified to pick their own president and that's why they want to replace President Trump.”
Nope Dem strongholds, cant relinquish power.
“Threaten a movement to Repeal the 17th Amendment, and Make it REAL and they will act.”
For some reason, 17A has a lot of condescending support here.
Wow.
I’m in Idaho and called to find out why our AG didn’t sign on the letter. I was told he sent a letter to our senators because he felt that was the way to go. I explained that our senators are suppose to follow our states view but he represents our state too and we are a red state and as far as I’m concerned he shirked his duty to we the Idaho electorate. He pussed out and I’ll do what I can to change AG. Too much Mormon and California in Boise is my thought.
I know Chris Carr, Georgia’s AG. Good on him.
Read entire statement. EXCELLENT!
RE: Montana, Texas, and Utah are in the West.
I was referring to California, Oregon and Washington State.
OK, I don’t want to be pedantic here, but you know what I meant when I CLARIFIED what I said.
I meant the THREE WESTERNMOST STATES of the US mainland.
Huh. Almost as if that's the plan. /Sarc
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