Impeachable offenses

[SHRED]

Is there a ruining count somewhere online?

Surely Dump has already committed a few dozen

[guillaumeb]

1. Is impeachment a remedy, or a tactic?

Given that not one President has ever been removed due to the process, is it a tactic?

[tritsofme]

2. An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House decides it is at any given moment.

It is a political process. What you ask for does not exist.

[TwilightZone]

3. Define "impeachable offense"

Ask a dozen people and you'll get a dozen different answers. The Constitution is intentionally vague on the matter. It's up to the House to determine what constitutes an impeachable offense.

[Poiuyt]

4. Here's a list:

https://impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org/case-for-impeachment/

There was also a very good article in the Atlantic a couple of months ago about the importance of starting impeachment proceedings, but it was more of an essay rather than a list of impeachable offenses.

Of course, we'll never know how the public and the Republican senators would react to impeachment unless the House begins hearings. In a formal hearing, the case could be made in an organized and logical manner rather than listening to a bunch of partisan pundits.

[Stuart G]

5. When they started the hearings on Nixon..they were just hearings on the Watergate break in.

They evolved in the direction of impeachment. No, they did not impeach him. The info was so strong, that he resigned. That could happen with Trump. There is a lot of info out there about him and what he has done.
Please do not underestimate of that info..
...Yes..you are correct, starting the proceedings, even if they are not called, "impeachment hearings" is the most important thing...and guess what?...The hearings have been started, and are continuing. Our side is very strong in those hearings. We will see. Trump is not that sharp. (even if he thinks so).. Time will tell.

[Poiuyt]

6. Nixon had approval ratings above 60% just before the Watergate hearings.

They dropped rapidly as the public learned more.

Trump has never had positive approval ratings, and I doubt they'd go up if a strong case were presented.

[myohmy2]

7. if...

...trump is ever impeached, it will say more about the House than him...

...the Constitution has a remedy for a corrupt, destructive and incompetent president...

...whether impeachment would succeed or not should not deter the House from doing it's Constitutional job to protect and save harmless the United States and it's citizens from a corrupt, destructive and incompetent president...

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