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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid you watch Dateline: White House today?
If so, I think it was Neal Katyal who listed the four impeachable offenses, according to the four Founders who wrote impeachment into the ConstitutionPerfidy, Disloyalty, Emoluments,
and . . .? I think I caught all but one.
hlthe2b
(101,701 posts)Hekate
(90,189 posts)...to the Constitution. Madison, Mason, and.... Wish I could just replay it from memory the way David Jolly can -- it was a great little history lesson.
We always record Nicolle's show. I missed the first 15 or 20 minutes today, so watch it through to its exciting conclusion live, and am now on replay from the beginning.
hlthe2b
(101,701 posts)with respect to those issues that mark abuse of power not necessarily criminal but still impeachable:
James Madison: perfidy
George Mason: disloyalty to foreign nation, Someone who would tamper with election or electors or tamper with investigations into himself
Edmond Randolph: emoluments
Here it is
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house
dhol82
(9,351 posts)The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Impeachment/