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Acquitting trump has set some dangerous precedents. And while the trumps ass kissers think this is a victoiry because their thug was allowed to keep his job, the losers in this scenario are all of us as Americans.
23 Dangerous Propositions the Senate Just Ratified
In voting to acquit President Trump, the Senate has legitimated legal and moral claims that will not serve America well.
February 5, 2020
The Senate today voted largely along party lines to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment. The acquittal, in the simplest sense, is a declaration that the House of Representatives failed to prove its case. But it is also a statement of values by the Senate—an embrace of certain basic propositions about the president’s conduct, the House’s conduct in impeaching him, and its own responsibilities.
At least in those circumstances in which the president and the majority of the Senate are of the same political party, the Senate has adopted the following propositions:
23 Dangerous Propositions the Senate Just Ratified
In voting to acquit President Trump, the Senate has legitimated legal and moral claims that will not serve America well.
February 5, 2020
The Senate today voted largely along party lines to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment. The acquittal, in the simplest sense, is a declaration that the House of Representatives failed to prove its case. But it is also a statement of values by the Senate—an embrace of certain basic propositions about the president’s conduct, the House’s conduct in impeaching him, and its own responsibilities.
At least in those circumstances in which the president and the majority of the Senate are of the same political party, the Senate has adopted the following propositions:
- It is not an impeachable offense for the president of the United States to condition aid to a foreign government on the delivery of personal favors to himself.
- It is not an impeachable offense for the president of the United States to demand that a foreign head of state dish dirt on the president’s political opponents—or demand that he make dirt up if none is available to dish.
- For that matter, it is not an impeachable offense for the president to push a foreign law-enforcement agency to investigate a U.S. citizen for conduct no U.S. law-enforcement agency has found to warrant an investigation.
- Abuse of power is not an impeachable offense. The oath he swears to “faithfully execute” his duties and “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution” notwithstanding, the president is generally free to use his powers under Article II of the Constitution to benefit himself and harm those he disfavors.