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Should Congress make some new rules to define what is impeachable and what is not? To prevent future political manipulation?

Should Congress make some specific rules to define what you can get impeached for and what you cannot get impeached for? So that in the future you can't be impeached just because somebody wants a political advantage over you

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  • 1 year ago
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    It's already spelled out in the Constitution . The problem lies in the Democrats desire to add impeachable offenses without any amendment .

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    You should die of cancer, ugly.

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    1 year ago

    Pretty sure the Constitution makes that rather clear. High crimes and misdemeanors. That's the elegance of the Constitution. It states the rules very clearly without a lot of fluff. 'The right of the people to keep and bare arms shall not be infringed.' Boom. There ya go. Couldn't be clearer. 'High crimes and misdemeanors' is just as clear, but it doesn't fit the left's narrative that pissing them off and obstructing their agenda is a criminal act.

    Really, you can't make this stuff up.  

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    The founders left that purposely vague because, as Hamilton wrote, there would be know way for them to list all possible impeachable offences,

    However I do think that there should be a better defined impeachment inquiry/impeachment trial process so all this craziness about being able to muck up the proceedings by making the process unfair can't be done

  • 1 year ago

    That would require changing the Constitution.    The amendment process is available and has been used.  Feel free to lobby for it.  You have that right under the Constitution.  Good luck, but I won't be joining you.

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Hell no. The only thing a list like this would do is make it so crafty politicians could find a way to do something immoral that wasn't listed, or do something they're allowed to do in an immoral way.

    The famous I Robot issue (Little lost robot)

    A robot by action, or inaction, may not harm a human.

    Remove "or inaction" and a robot can drop a 10 Ton weight knowing that the robot could stop the weight before it hit the human, then decide to take no action to prevent the human from being harmed from the falling weight.

    You try to plan for every contingency, and someone will find a contingency you didn't think about.

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Congress can't do that, you need to change the constitution. The democrats are trying to do that without the constitution. 

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    I don’t know.... you should ask Congress.

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    You mean amend the Constitution? Go for it cupcake.

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