Memorex wrote:Listening to this hearing on impeachment. It is beyond nutty. In my opinion, this country has ten times more laws than it needs. Sometimes I think congress is there just to stack laws on top of laws. You can always find some law somewhere to charge someone with. The police or FBI could knock on my door right now and probably find 15 separate charges, even though I do my best to live a lawful life.
But the Dems could not find a single law or crime for which to charge Trump with. Not one. The single most investigated person in the history of the US, and not a single crime. But they still feel that they should attempt to remove him from office despite the fact that half the country voted him in a fair election based on two articles that are 100% based on opinion. And the only opinion they have is their own. Only the Dems will vote for this. Again, never in our history has this happened. Even Nancy acknowledged that it would be wrong to have a one-sided attempt at impeachment.
Just silly.
Just adding because it's so insane: Everyone here needs to comprehend that the Democrats, and only the Democrats, are trying to remove a popular, sitting president based on articles with evidence that would not even be allowed in any courtroom in this country. Not one. The magnitude of that should really bother every American.
You are willfully ignorant about what impeachment truly is.
First of all "crimes". There doesn't need to be a crime for impeachment. Impeachment exists to remove a president who is abusing his power:
Alexander Hamilton:
"The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust. They are of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be denominated POLITICAL, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself."
THAT is what Hamilton says....there is no mention of "crimes" or breaking the law, or indictments, blah, blah, blah. It is designed to remove a president for "abuse or violation of some public trust". In other words, abuse of his power as President.
Then you keep comparing the House inquiry to a courtroom trial. That is a bullshit comparison. The House does the INQUIRY...NOT THE TRIAL. The trial is held in the Senate. If a police detective decides to investigate you for some crime they go about and question whoever they want. They are not required to only consider what could be presented in trial.
This is the same process that has happened in all prior impeachments. Trump has not been mistreated in any way.
You SCREAM that there is no evidence, and ignore the fact that the transcript and Trump himself are evidence that he asked Ukraine to investigate the Bidens...that is abuse of power, and is all the "evidence" they need.
Trump will officially be impeached tomorrow...well deserved.