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“You don’t even have to be convicted of a crime to lose your job in this constitutional republic if this body determines that your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in your role,” the politician said. “Impeachment is not about punishment. Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office.”
Nonsense.
Not once has any person been removed from their elected job in this constitutional republic without being convicted of a crime.
To do so would end this as a democratic republic and makes elections a pointless farce.
Impeachment without a criminal offense is just partisan authoritarianism, and has no place in a democratic republic.
There have been impeachment charges for intoxication on the bench. One also included unlawful handling of property claims and the person was found guilty, the other had no other charges and the person resigned before the process was completed.
James Peck was charged with abuse of power, although he was acquitted.
List of Individuals Impeached by the House of Representatives | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
The Constitution gives the House of Representatives “the sole Power of Impeachment” (Article I, Section 2) of federal officers and gives the Senate “the sole Power to try all Impeachments” (Article I, Section 3). In the constitutional procedure of impeachment and removal, the House serves in the...
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