Ray From Cleveland
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I agree with your son, if this were a criminal proceeding, but Impeachment is a Political proceeding, no one convicted can be stripped of their freedom and imprisoned, where the Constitution does give free reigns for Congress to decide when and how to impeach, with just a majority...
But, the constitution then gives restraints.... and due process and protections, when on trial in the Senate ....where it takes 2/3s of the Senators, to Convict.
Please ask your son, about that.... I'd love to hear his answer... ty.
But impeachment is based on criminal activity. It's a penalty for a President who commits the acts of bribery, high crimes, or misdemeanors.
When they impeach somebody, what they are doing is going against the will of the majority that elected that person. Therefore it has to be pretty serious to remove a President that people chose through our electoral process. Now the commies are using it as a political tool to make sure a strong opponent doesn't run against them in the future. Our founders never intended impeachment to be used this way.