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New from me: The Mueller Report is an impeachment referral theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
2. In 1826, John C. Calhoun demanded that House of Representatives—“in its high character of grand inquest of the nation”—open an impeachment inquiry against him
3. Calhoun faced precisely the situation that Mueller says he was trying to avoid—allegations of impeachable behavior, without the chance to defend his conduct or clear his name in court.
4. A sitting president cannot be indicted, under OLC guidelines. But he is still subject to the law. The proper value for considering claims against him isn’t a special counsel. It’s the House of Representatives, as the Constitution details.
5. Donald Trump deserves his own impeachment inquiry. That’s a basic principle of fairness; allegations like these should not be allowed to hang over his presidency, unadjudicated. And the House should give it to him: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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1. The idea that an impeachment inquiry is a political trap—and not a devastating blow to a presidency—is today widespread. It’s one of the rare things on which Pelosi and Trump himself agree. But historically, that’s not what’s happened. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
2. From Feb. 1-4, 1974, Gallup polled on Nixon’s job approval—28% approved, 59% disapproved. On Feb. 6, the House voted to authorize an impeachment inquiry. From Feb. 8-18, Gallup polled again. Nixon’s rating sank to 27% approve, 63% disapprove.
3. We don’t have polling for Andrew Johnson. It’s difficult, though, to read the contemporary record—starting with the House referral on Jan. 7, 1867—as showing his political support being bolstered by the endless impeachment hearings he faced.
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Yoni Appelbaum
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1. Don’t miss this @GrahamDavidA look at the sudden effusion of God-talk from the president, and what it means: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
@GrahamDavidA Or, as another political analyst once put it, to cement his support in the face of Mueller's probe, Trump has been reminding his base of "guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
@GrahamDavidA 3. Trump has recently addressed the NRA, started talking about God, hurled racially charged invective, proposed a wall and new asylum restrictions, and pressed forward with tariffs. You know who predicted the appeal of that agenda? theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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Yoni Appelbaum
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1. In January, I mounted the case that impeachment is the proper, constitutional mechanism for resolving allegations of criminal misconduct against a sitting president: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
2. In March, I argued that Mueller had taken the same position, summarizing the evidence of the president’s obstructive acts, and leaving it for Congress to adjudicate: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
3. But today, I want to share an even more radical version of this argument, from a source you may not expect.
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