This is a great day for Conservatism, the rule of law is upheld.

  • NeuromancerM
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    29 days ago

    I’m not sure you understand impeachment. It is a political process that has nothing to do with criminal charges. I am not sure the point you are trying to make because you seem to be conflating unrelated things.

    • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.comOP
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      29 days ago

      I think you’re just refusing to see the logic that because impeachment is intended to charge an official for conduct and present the possibility that they may deserve to be removed from office, it only makes sense that acts which are cause for impeachment are ones we don’t want our officials doing.

      So if a President commits a crime and is impeached, it is possible they may be removed from office for that crime.

      So if the President then does a worse crime as a public citizen does it not stand to reason that they’re probably not a good fit for the job?

      It’s only as political a process as the sitting congress wants it to be. It was intended as a legitimate consequence for a potential tyrant, and I am using it as such in these arguments.

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        29 days ago

        I’m sad that I completely forgot 34 was also impeached multiple times. What a shit show.