I could adopt your standard.
Anything Congress wants it to be!
Then the conversation is very simple: there isn’t enough evidence for impeachment. We know this because Congress has not yet acted.
Game over.
I could adopt your standard.
Anything Congress wants it to be!
Then the conversation is very simple: there isn’t enough evidence for impeachment. We know this because Congress has not yet acted.
Game over.
If you’ll notice, I didn’t use the word “any”.
Jaywalking isn’t an impeachable offense, IMO.
But without knowing what those limits are, where that line is drawn, this discussion is permanently stalled, as has been shown in this thread. The Republicans in Congress, like some posters in this thread, are hiding the goalposts. Why bother discussing whether there is enough evidence to show that a particular thing happened unless Republicans concede beforehand that that particular event counts as an “high crime and misdemeanor”. This is beginning to look a lot like a snark hunt to me.
Comey lied to Congress. That is sufficient grounds for firing.
What.
The.
Fuck.
IS.
Then?
Edited to add: Would you please either plant those goalposts where everyone can see them, or get off the field?
Ftr, Comey was an administrator, not an investigator.
End poverty. Now.
Link
An actual crime.
No.
Like they say, it’s not news until “lowt” at DailyKos reports it.
I just picked the first one. Feel free to read one of the other articles.
Whatever.
Fucking.
Congress.
Thinks.
It.
Is.
I.
Thought.
You.
Had.
Grasped.
That.
Regards.
Shodan.
No. I am suggesting what I believe to be the actual real-world limits: for the purposes of this discussion, Congress will only be motivated by a “high crime and misdemeanor” that is actually a violation of the federal criminal code, and Congress will impeach just like a grand jury indicts, only on a showing of probable cause.
Jaywalking?
Shoplifting?
Spitting on the sidewalk?
Those are actual crimes.
So, a step away from the theoretical stuff for a moment - if someone in Congress were to bring a motion of impeachment, who would it likely be? Someone in the House, specifically. Any short list of people who would or likely could get this chain of events started?
I mean by precedent:
High crimes and misdemeanors - Wikipedia
Perjury?
As Bricker said, there are practical considerations. No Congress is going to impeach a President for spitting on the sidewalk, to use your own example.
Sorry, bucky-You can’t claim that while also claiming that particular crimes pointed out to you don’t count. Besides, I specifically asked for your opinion as to what would count as an impeachable “high crime and misdemeanor”, not Congress’s…but since you want to continue playing “Noooo, that ain’t it either”, I’'ll just assume that you won’t answer the question and move on.
And you’ve got no opinions on what it might take, right?