[Steve_Seattle]

"So you don’t need a crime to constitutionally impeach a president."

Yes you do - you need to prove "high-crimes and misdemeanors." The fact that the trial is conducted by the Senate rather than in a court of law does not remove that requirement.

[jjotto]

Who is going to declare that ‘requirement’ hasn’t been met?

[Leaning Right]

> you need to prove “high-crimes and misdemeanors.” <

Right. But the Constitution gives the House complete freedom to define those terms. So the House could quite legally impeach a president for the “crime” of using a swear word. And then it’s off to the Senate for a trial.

And if the president doesn’t like that, I guess he could appeal to the Supreme Court. But I doubt if they would interfere. As I noted earlier, the Constitution gives the House all the power here.

Please see my post #9 as well.

[DarthVader]

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