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No, Trump Doesn’t Want to Be Impeached, But He Will Be
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Ultimately, yes. But as a recent Politico article states: “You don’t have to be a constitutional scholar to see the problem here. The constitution gives the House ‘the sole Power of Impeachment,’ and the House cannot consider whether to impeach without the ability to investigate wrongdoing by the president. Permitting an administration to withhold evidence on the grounds that the House cannot ‘re-investigate’ the matter or ‘second-guess’ the executive branch would prevent the House from conducting impeachment inquiries going forward.” In other words, we are still on middle ground. The valid rationale for House investigation is impeachment, but it is… Read more »
Had to send this again. Still working out the parameters of this new system. —— Ultimately, yes. But as a recent Politico article states: “You don’t have to be a constitutional scholar to see the problem here. The constitution gives the House ‘the sole Power of Impeachment,’ and the House cannot consider WHETHER TO IMPEACH without the ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE wrongdoing by the president. Permitting an administration to withhold evidence on the grounds that the House cannot ‘re-investigate’ the matter or ‘second-guess’ the executive branch would prevent the House from conducting impeachment inquiries going forward.” https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/03/a-constitutional-showdown-between-the-white-house-and-congress-just-got-closer-226794 In other words, we… Read more »
I was just texting with my daughter, catching her up on the news after her hard work week and came up with a possible scenario for all the Trump blocking and tackling of Dem subpoenas that I hadn’t thought of and hadn’t heard before. As Rachel talked about Friday, the Fed judge on Cummings Mazars subpoena case has set up a case decision on the day of the hearing. I think the judiciary may finally have gotten fed up with Trump’s shenanigans. This may bode well for other subpoena cases. Of course Trump will appeal all of them but if… Read more »