I guess the written law continues to be ignored, and the legislative branch is now moot.
When did we repeal Article I of the Constitution?
Bueller? Bueller?
That little detail is what amazes me most. What we have here is a mass case of category error being committed by freepers who have bought the “senate won’t convict” meme.
Whether the senate convicts or not is for the senate to decide. The ONLY thing that matters in a constitutional government that people on the right claim to support is that the laws as they stand are faithfully executed.
When a President ignores a lay and acts to circumvent it, that is a “High crime/misdemeanor”. Freepers not believing this should go ignore or violate a law in front of a cop and report back with the result of violating said law. And yes it is the same thing. A law has enforcement mechanisms. If you punch a cop, the law calls for your arrest and trial. If you violate the constitution while President, the law says you are to be impeached.
People should note the law does not say, “Impeached only with guarantee of conviction”, Impeach only id President is not black”, or “Impeach only if no danger is presented electorally to party doing the impeaching”.
Now to the people pushing the ‘real world’ and ‘practicality’ crap, you’re doing exactly what got us into this mess. If you follow the law as written, those are not considerations. So pick a side. The law or your feelings.