Like Carl Hulse at the New York Times, are wondering if highly politicized impeachments will become the "New normal." I don't share that concern.
Impeachments have always been politicized, because the process is overtly political.
According to Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the Constitution, the "House of Representatives ... shall have the sole Power of Impeachment," and the House needs only a straight-majority vote to introduce articles of impeachment.
A well-constituted court for the trial of impeachments is an object not more to be desired than difficult to be obtained in a government wholly elective.
Despite the relative ease with which any House majority coming into conflict with the executive could theoretically do it, the impeachment of presidents has been exceedingly rare in practice.
In the case of President Trump's impeachment, the caution of the Framers will remain fulfilled, as there is absolutely no way that the Senate is going to convict him.
Despite the media doing everything possible to promote the Democrats' kangaroo impeachment court, Trump's approval numbers and independents' opposition to impeachment have risen dramatically since this farce began.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/12/dems_learning_the_hard_way_why_impeachments_are_so_rare.html
Impeachments have always been politicized, because the process is overtly political.
According to Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the Constitution, the "House of Representatives ... shall have the sole Power of Impeachment," and the House needs only a straight-majority vote to introduce articles of impeachment.
A well-constituted court for the trial of impeachments is an object not more to be desired than difficult to be obtained in a government wholly elective.
Despite the relative ease with which any House majority coming into conflict with the executive could theoretically do it, the impeachment of presidents has been exceedingly rare in practice.
In the case of President Trump's impeachment, the caution of the Framers will remain fulfilled, as there is absolutely no way that the Senate is going to convict him.
Despite the media doing everything possible to promote the Democrats' kangaroo impeachment court, Trump's approval numbers and independents' opposition to impeachment have risen dramatically since this farce began.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/12/dems_learning_the_hard_way_why_impeachments_are_so_rare.html
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