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The first successful impeachment was in 1803, of John Pickering, a judge appointed by Pres. Washington.

A Congress CONSISTING OF FOUNDING FATHERS impeached him for "wickedness" "loose morals and intemperate habits" (ie, drunkenness).

WHICH ARE NOT CRIMES.

BUT HE WAS CONVICTED.
Which is my way of saying: fuck you, @AlanDersh. You KNOW this history. Stop lying about it.
FWIW, the Pickering affair was an embarrassment all around. The poor judge was having MH problems, and Jefferson (a terrible president) was being absurdly partisan. But Pickering's case makes it historically impossible to say the Framers contemplated impeachment only for crimes.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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"The subjects of [the Senate's impeachment] jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, >>>from the abuse or violation of some public trust.<<<" Hamilton, Federalist 65.
c @AlanDersh
@AlanDersh Impeachment of the President is ONLY for "instances [of]... the abuse of the executive authority." Hamilton, Federalist 77
c @alandersh
@AlanDersh "[T]he province of the executive" is "[t]he actual conduct of foreign negotiations..., [the] disbursement of the public moneys in conformity to the general appropriations of the legislature, ... and other matters of a like nature." Ham., Fed. 72. EXACTLY what this impmt's for.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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I keep returning to this. It's... wow.
I mean:
OTOH, I can't help but give props to someone who's managed to monetize QAnon. (Per the link cited, "MMS" is "Sacramental Cleansing Water.")
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There is ALOT of arguing about the legal #Impeachment process, so I thought I would lay the steps out for you.

Regarding the #ImpeachTrump campaign,
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The Constitution lays out two specific actions, treason and bribery, that could lead to impeachment and removal of a president from office.

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High crimes and misdemeanors and NOT defined in the Constitution.

▫First, an impeachment resolution must be introduced by a member of the House of Representatives.
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A note on #impeachment #Ukraine

Below you will find what the Constitution of the United States says about the impeachment process.

Something to remember as we wade into this sacrosanct constitutional process: Congress has unchecked power to impeach. The House of Representatives
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Oeishik M.G. C. JD
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A note on #impeachment -

In a court of law, under non-presidential circumstances, impeachment is a tool litigation attorneys use to discredit the opposing side's witnesses at trial. When said witness takes the stand under oath attys. present evidence contrary to what the witness
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Simply put, they aren't trustworthy. In the case of Presidential impeachment that broad definition of impeachment applies, but the impeachment tool is used for a very different purpose. Under the Constitution, a sitting President cannot be tried in a court of law for anything.
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1. I am so sick of hearing that the ONLY reason Trump should be impeached is if he conspired with a foreign power to steal the election. Let's remove that entire smokescreen and look at impeachment as a tool and why Trump needs to be impeached EVEN WITHOUT conspiracy allegations.
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