LogFAQs > #883315222

The Constitution defines impeachment at the federal level and limits impeachment to "The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States" who may be impeached and removed only for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors".[26] Several commentators have suggested that Congress alone may decide for itself what constitutes a "high crime or misdemeanor", especially since Nixon v. United States stated that the Supreme Court did not have the authority to determine whether the Senate properly "tried" a defendant.[27] In 1970, then-House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford defined the criterion as he saw it: "An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history."[28]

Personally, I would be ok with an impeachment of trump, but I have concerns.
1.There is nothing to gain from it, he will most likely be pardoned afterword. They will hate doing it, but not pardoning him might hurt them with his super loyal fan base. which if it happens near an election would be hard to recover from. The impeachment alone is going to hurt them enough.

2. It requires a 2/3s vote and even if the republicans want him out, the democrats want him out more, so what are they willing to give up to get the votes on their side?

3. Mike pence is more competent than trump, Without a democratic congress to oppose him he may get some big changes through and it will look like strength making a reelction for him a strong possibility no matter who the dems put up.

4. A lot of his views are the same as Trumps if not worse, in fact with how little trump seems to know or care about the presidency there is a good chance he is the one crafting the policies trump is failing at.
---

I am awesome and so are you.
Lenny gone but not forgotten. - 12/10/2015