Abuse of power IS an impeachable offense

[happy feet]

Approximately 120 scholars and professors delivered this letter to the Senate today (from the NY Times).

January 31, 2020
To the United States Senate

The signatories of this letter are professors of law and scholars of the American constitution who write to clarify that impeachment does not require proof of crime, that abuse of power is an impeachable offense, and that a president may not abuse the powers of his office to secure re-election, whatever he may believe about how beneficial his continuance in power is to the country.

Impeachable conduct does not require proof of any crime.

Impeachment for "high Crimes and Misdemeanors" under Article II of the U.S. Constitution does not require proof that a President violated any criminal law. The phrase...


https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6764-senate-open-letter-crimes-amp/10602bfeeee835fa8947/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

[mnhtnbb]

1. Republican Senators do not care. They are all cowards and all traitors.

They are afraid of their mob boss leader.

May they all go down in history as the sniveling, yellow-bellied cowards they all are.

[llmart]

3. Republicans are thumbing their noses at all the great patriots who have gone before.

The founding fathers, the Paul Reveres, the Thomas Paines', the Abraham Lincolns, et. al. The list is mighty long of people who valued our Constitution and our system of checks and balances.

They're traitors - each and every one of them and the biggest traitors of all are Trump, Pence and McConnell.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Abuse of power is really the ONLY reason impeachment is in the Constitution...nt