It begins with a lie. An annual lie, repeated year after year, by President after President, whether Republican or Democrat. The President stands before a joint session of Congress and begins the State of the Union emphatically: “The state of our union is strong!” We know that the President is lying, but we feel …
Before we look at issues peculiar to the impeachment for inciting an insurrection, let’s remember some key ideas from the first impeachment. Impeachment is a political proceeding, not a criminal or civil proceeding. What must be proved is not a crime, as defined by criminal statutes, but a “high crime or misdemeanor” – basically, an …
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