(09-06-2018, 01:35 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(09-06-2018, 07:14 AM)mikesez Wrote: You only look at the definition of crimes in statutes if it's a criminal procedure. It's understood that public officials can break the public Trust in ways that private citizens cannot. so an impeachment proceeding would be more about the spirit of the laws and the proper division of power. Both of which Trump is trying to violate in a big way.

Of course that's what I'm looking at because that's all that should matter. If we intend to impeach Presidents because we simply don't like what they're doing, you'll have half of the population pushing for impeachment every year. To impeach on the "spirit of the law" would be equivalent to a cop pulling you over for speeding because you were going to speed limit but he thought you looked like you were speeding. As soon as you impeach for conduct that is legal, we'll never see another full-term President.