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“it is a misreading of the Constitution for any member to assert that for a member to vote for an article of impeachment means that that member must be convinced that the President should be removed from office. The Constitution doesn't say that.” – Rep Barbara Jordan, 7/25/1974
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Re: Rep Barbara Jordan @HouseJudiciary hearings on impeachment of Richard Nixon, Jul 25, 1974:
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“The division between two branches of the Legislature- the House & Senate, assigning to the one the right to accuse & to the other the right to judge, the Framers ..were very astute. They did not make the accusers & the judges the same person.” – Rep Barbara Jordan, 7/25/1974
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“You don’t even have to be convicted of a crime to lose your job in this republic..Impeachment is not about punishment. It's about cleansing the office. It's about restoring honor & integrity to the office”– @LindseyGrahamSC Jan 1999. #ImpeachDonaldTrump
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“it’s a misreading of the Constitution for any member to assert that for a member to vote for an article of impeachment means that that member must be convinced that the President should be removed from office. The Constitution doesn't say that.” – Rep Barbara Jordan, 7/25/1974
“The division between two branches of the Legislature- the House & Senate, assigning to the one the right to accuse & to the other the right to judge, the Framers ..were very astute. They did not make the accusers & the judges the same person.”– Rep Barbara Jordan, 7/25/1974
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Puesto Loco™
@PuestoLoco
Electability ranking for Nov 2020 based on my perception of traditional public perception factors such as exciting orator, age, experience, teflon, socialist, demagog etc.
1 Amy K
2 Kamala H
3 Eliz W
4 Kirsten G
5 Joe B
6 Beto O
7 Julian C
8 Eric S
9 Pete B
10 Tulsi G
11 Bernie S
NOTES:
1) Example, I perceive public perception of age will be a factor. Thus, I gave a lower score to Bernie & Biden. I dinged Warren for being "almost 70" & Pete B for under 40, etc.
2) I think the public will give big weight to being female, thus I gave points for females.
NOTES:
3) Exciting Orator was a factor I gave great weight to.
4) Demagogic (perceived) was another - I dinged both Bernie & Beto for the public perceptions I'm reading about. But, I gave them both top scores for Exciting Orator.
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Puesto Loco™
@PuestoLoco
POLL:
21 GOP senators are up for reelection in 2020. Dems afraid to consider impeachment say we’ll do better if we nix impeachment talk. We need to flip 4 seats. WILL WE DO BETTER if we nix it? Or keep it viable? Plz RT 👍
Granted, impeachment is bad for our country. Effectively removing the impeachment clause from the constitution (make no mistake, that's what Afraid-to-impeach will do) is worse. Think about it. It makes anyone working for the Executive Branch, above the law. See #ToadyBarr
Afraid to impeach? (Yes, we may come up short, BUT)
• Russian election help in 2020? No problem.
• Obstruct FBI investigations? No problem.
• Lie to Congress? No problem.
• Prosecute opponents? Absolutely!
• Trump orders you to break a law? No problem.
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Victoria Brownworth
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Superb piece by @YApplebaum on why we should impeach Trump. Read it--the arguments are sound.

"The United States has grown wary of impeachment. ... Impeachment, in fact, is a vital protection against the dangers a president like Trump poses." theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
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Setting yet another "new normal" for Trump would be disastrous.
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Elizabeth de la Vega
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Rep. Barbara Jordan on Impeachment: It is a "national inquest into the misconduct of public men." via @YouTube
Rep. Jordan, 7/74: "[I] believe hyperbole ...would not overstate the solemnness that I feel right now. My faith in the Constitution is whole... I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution." 2/
B. Jordan:"[T]he jurisdiction comes from the abuse...of some public trust. It...is a misreading of the Constitution for any member here to assert that...to vote for an article of impeachment means that...member must be convinced...the President should be removed from office." 3
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Reginald Oh
@ReginaldOhLaw
Nancy Pelosi's declaration that she opposes impeachment disappointed those who want Trump "brought to justice."

However, the passion for impeachment may stem from an erroneous belief that if impeachment is successful, that means Trump goes to prison.

That is incorrect.

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The confusion stems partly from the language of impeachment. The Constitution states that a president can be impeached by the House of Representatives for "high Crimes and Misdemeanors."

It also talks about the requirement that the President be "convicted."
However, the constitutional impeachment process is concerned with only one thing: whether a president should be removed from office. Period, end of story.

Impeachment, on other words, is only about whether a president should be fired from his job.
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NotMyPresident
@ironstowe
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#ImpeachmentProcess
1.Impeachment Provisions in the Constitution

Article I, Sec 2, Clause 5: The House of Representatives shall .have the sole power of impeachment.
2.Article I, Sec 3, Clauses 6-7: The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation.
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Joshua Matz
@JoshuaMatz8
In this article, @Sulliview argues that "talk of impeachment, all-but-taboo in Big Media’s coverage of Trump, [has] moved from the margins into the mainstream." She attributes that development mainly to a prominent essay in @TheAtlantic. That's not right. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…
There's no denying that #impeachment talk has accelerated over the past few months. But I'm not convinced that this past week was really such a Rubicon when considered in broader perspective, or that a handful of well-argued essays in liberal magazines are the drivers of change.
For starters, there's been no shortage of impeachment talk in mainstream publications since Trump took office. I've gathered quite a few such articles in this @ShallTakeCare database, which includes analyses tracing back to before Trump even took office. takecareblog.com/blog/impeachin…
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Barbara Jordan
@BarbaraJordanTX
Barbara Jordan
Opening Statement on
Articles of Impeachment
7/25/1974
Watergate
"…glorious opportunity of sharing the pain of this inquiry."
"And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution."
"The subjects of its [Articles of Impeachment's] jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men."
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