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Richard Primus
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Nothing is more important to Trump than winning. He doesn’t care about rules or fair play. And the biggest win/lose event a president faces is reelection. So Trump will violate any law, any norm, any constitutional principle, if he thinks it’ll help him win reelection. (1/7)
Nor does he care about whether the Republic after he’s gone is one where elections are fair, free, and trusted. So if he can win but only by damaging the possibility that future elections will be fair/free/trusted, he’ll go for it. (2/7)
In other words: if Trump thought he could win reelection by doing something that would permanently damage the Republic, he’d do it. It wouldn’t even be a hard question for him. (3/7)
A president who is willing to do permanent damage to the Republic if it’ll help him win reelection is enormously dangerous. The system isn’t built to withstand that threat. Except by impeaching and removing that president before the worst damage is done. (4/7)
As I’ve said before, constitutional government is like playground basketball. If you care more about winning than about respecting your opponents and the spirit of the game, pretty soon the game will break down. (5/7)
Put more directly: no game of playground basketball can survive if the only thing that the most powerful player cares about is winning. (6/7)
The President must be impeached and removed. (7/7)
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Richard Primus
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So this seems like as good a moment as any for some basic thoughts/reminders about impeachment. (And why the impeachment conversation is much less pressing now than the tax conversation.) (1/12)
Impeachment isn’t a legal question. It’s a constitutional judgment. (2/12)
Those categories need a lot of unpacking, of course. But this bit is straightforward: a President can be validly removed even if he broke no law. (“High crimes & misdemeanors” isn’t a reference to the U.S. criminal code. It’s a term of constitutional art.) (3/12)
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