Forget what they say - House Democrats are readying for impeachment

[DonViejo]

By Paul Kane December 21 at 7:00 AM

To fill their top spot on the House Judiciary Committee, Democrats had a choice between experts in two critical policy arenas: a constitutional law ace with firsthand experience battling President Trump, and an architect of sweeping immigration legislation. By a wide margin, they chose the constitutional law expert. Why? To ready themselves for a battle with Trump that could end with impeachment proceedings.

The selection of Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) as the ranking member on Judiciary was the clearest sign yet of how seriously House Democrats consider the possibility of a full-blown constitutional showdown with Trump.

You wouldn’t know it from how many of them talk. When it comes to the I-word, most Democrats have walked a tightrope — with even Nadler hesitant to mention impeachment in interviews before votes were cast Wednesday.

Leaders have cautioned the rank and file not to push for impeachment because the public might view it as an overreach. The House’s few remaining moderate Democrats from swing districts have regularly warned the party’s liberal flank against making the 2018 midterm elections about Trump or the investigations into his presidential campaign.

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[ehrnst]

1. Good. (nt)

[dalton99a]

2. Impeachment is what will energize the base

USE IT

[burnbaby]

3. trump hasn't

been charged with anything yet and when he does get charged as we learned during the Clinton years, you need a 2/3 vote in the senate to impeach the president

Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government. ... Once an individual is impeached, he or she must then face the possibility of conviction via legislative vote, which then entails the removal of the individual from office.

[dalton99a]

4. You don't need criminal charges for impeachment

[burnbaby]

5. we saw that with clinton

the republicans controlled the senate and he didn't get the 2/3 votes. that was my point

[dalton99a]

6. Yeah, Republicans couldn't convict, but George W. Bush became president