Well worth reading as we ponder ways to restore our democracy to something like “normal.”
Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution states, “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.”
The President, Vice-President, Cabinet Secretaries, and other executive officers, as well as judges, may be impeached by the House of Representatives and tried in the Senate. Any official convicted by impeachment is immediately removed from office. High crimes and misdemeanors is not specifically defined in the Constitution nor is it elsewhere codified in law. With regard to high crimes and misdemeanors, James Madison said, “…impeachment… was indispensable” to defend the community against “the incapacity, negligence or perfidy of the chief Magistrate.” Trumpet definitely falls in the negligence and perfidy (deceitfulness) camps.
Legal scholars are talking about impeaching Trumpet using the emoluments clause of the Constitution as the legal foundation. They assert that Trumpet’s numerous international…
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hughcurtler 
A heard a line of thought which makes total sense and is the reason to get his tax returns as part of further investigation. DT said he has no investments in Russia. Of course, I do not believe anything he says until it is proven as the odds are in my favor. But, let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. What he did not say is how much Russian money is invested in his businesses? Both need further review.
Good advice: don’t believe anything the man says unless or until it is confirmed by a reliable source! Thanks, Keith. I thought this worthy of re-blogging!