House Democrats have brought articles of impeachment which are attempting to impeach President Trump for having "corrupt motives" when temporarily deciding to withhold lethal aid to Ukraine. During the impeachment proceedings last week, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) informed the senators: The President asked Ukraine for this investigation for one reason and one reason only: because he knew it would be damaging to an opponent who was consistently beating him in the polls and therefore it could help him get reelected in 2020. The Constitution states that a president "shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Did the Framers of the Constitution envision that "corrupt motives" would ever become an impeachable offense?  Let's answer that question with a little thought experiment.  Suppose that in any president's first four years in...(Read Full Post)