You cannot make a case that impeachment has become a political weapon by simply saying impeachments are more frequent.
The test is whether the impeachments have involved impeachable offenses, and have other presidents committed such offenses without being impeached. For example, have we ever had a president who admitted to perjury, and arguably obstructed justice, while in office and was not impeached?
Of course not, and we certainly haven’t had prior Presidents who committed the impeachable offenses of President Trump and were not impeached.
Granted, the articles of impeachment drafted against President Biden without an evidentiary case are clearly political theater, but they also are not taken seriously, and everyone understands they will not result in impeachment unless real evidence is produced and found convincing in the process outlined in the Constitution.
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Mr. Jipping and Mr. Von Spaklovsky attempt to rewrite the Constitution in arguing impeachment “should only be used in cases of “serious and substantial misconduct.”
There are no such qualifications to the Constitution’s instructions on impeachment. In fact, it is perfectly clear that simple bribery, no matter how small, is an impeachable offense.
The logical and honest reading of the Constitution is that the chief officers of the country, including the President, are to be held to a high standard. You don’t want to be impeached?
Don’t commit impeachable offenses. It is as simple as that.
