Michael Ramirez Essay: Playing Politics 12-17-23

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Remember when Impeachment was a serious matter?—

IMPEACHMENT

by Michael Ramirez, December 17, 2023

Remember when impeachment was a serious Constitutional action designed to be undertaken to remove a President from office for serious offenses? Apparently, it has become just another political tool to be utilized by the majority in Congress for politicking.

I remember hearing constitutional scholars say that impeachment was a political process and Congress could impeach anyone for anything, as long as they could muster the votes to do it, but no one ever thought that it should be so frivolously initiated. 

The Constitutional framers gave the House the sole power and discretion to impeach. A simple majority is all that is required to adopt articles of impeachment. The House has initiated impeachment over 60 times. But only three presidents have been impeached in U.S. history.