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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Could Citizen Trump Be Impeached?

Editorial of The New York Sun |January 11, 2021

The idea that the Senate can wait until after President Trump leaves office to try him on any articles of impeachment from the House is the latest gambit of the Democrats. We understand that scholars differ on whether that would be constitutionally kosher. Count us as among those who see it as an unconstitutional and thuggish strategy calculated to prevent Mr. Trump from challenging the Democrats in 2024............Then the Constitution says this: “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” So we are hard put to see where the Framers could be interpreted as having intended to grant the Senate the power to try someone who is no longer an officer of the United States.......... the Democrats are desperate to find a way to bar Mr. Trump from making another attempt at the presidency.........To Read More....

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