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In reply to the discussion: Regarding Impeachment [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)56. Not prosecuting grievous offenses undermines the rule of law as much as the offenses do themselves
It injects "selective enforcement" into the equation. Impeachment is the legal remedy for a presidency like Trump's. We do damage to the constitution to view this option as a political one, and to weigh it accordingly.
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K&R, Red Don has already shot someone on 5th avenue. We should go through the process but that ....
uponit7771
May 2019
#2
+1, I've spent 30 years in IT. The level of penetration into our electoral systems is gob smacking
uponit7771
May 2019
#13
Rather than being responsive to the wishes of their constituency, I think that the House
Poiuyt
May 2019
#7
+1, I do agree that we should go through the process and that process should be outlined to us
uponit7771
May 2019
#16
Agreed. The waiting itself is getting more and more dangerous for the Rule Of Law.
Lock him up.
May 2019
#19
Great post. Use the impeachment process to bleed republican traitors into submission.
Pepsidog
May 2019
#18
In law school I learned very early on that almost anything can be interpreted or viewed from many
Pepsidog
May 2019
#44
"The Constitution states that in these circumstances, Congress "shall" impeach the president."
former9thward
May 2019
#61
Not prosecuting grievous offenses undermines the rule of law as much as the offenses do themselves
Tom Rinaldo
May 2019
#56