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Impeachment and high crimes and misdemeanors February 3, 2024
Uldis Sprogis
When is an impeachment ready to go?
To Impeach, or Not to Impeach, That is the Question September 18, 2023
Brian C. Joondeph
Republicans may not get a conviction but sunlight is the best disinfectant.
The Impeachment Chorus Needs to Cool It August 16, 2023
Douglas Schwartz
Political victories are achieved by patience, not rash action.
Seven turncoats February 14, 2021
Patricia McCarthy
What motivated those Republicans to vote guilty?
Members of Congress who voted in favor of impeachment or conviction broke their oaths of office February 14, 2021
Mark Andrew Dwyer
Ever heard of the First Amendment, congress members?
Impeachment snoozer: What kind of trial is this? February 12, 2021
Monica Showalter
Low-grade facts, lots of corrections, and another dirty informercial. No wonder so few are watching.
How Silicon Valley's virtual monopolies helped Trump February 10, 2021
Ned Barnett
With no Trump tweets for the press to feast over, the public has lost interest in the Democrats' show-trial impeachment.
Rigged impeachment, contempt for due process February 10, 2021
David Zukerman
Rigging an election, rigging an impeachment...from a CBS poll to a series of questionable Democrat acts.
Here's another reason the impeachment trial is unconstitutional February 9, 2021
Jonathon Moseley
Among other problems, impeachment managers are violating the Constitution's Fifth Amendment.
The hard facts driving impeachment fall apart January 30, 2021
Monica Showalter
Turns out a pipe bomb laid to distract police from the Capitol by riot-minded hoodlums was laid on Jan. 5.
Impeachment collapses January 27, 2021
Monica Showalter
Democrats have own-goaled themselves as the party of two-time losers.
Senator Leahy will preside over the Trump impeachment trial? January 27, 2021
Silvio Canto, Jr.
Democrats appoint "the nastiest Democrat" and assure a "timely, fair trial."
By Dems; logic, couldn;t Obama and Biden be impeached and convicted for their actions in 2016 so they can never hold office again? January 19, 2021
Jack Hellner
For some reason, I have never seen Pelosi, Schumer, Hoyer, Durbin, AOC, and other Democrats asked the following questions no matter how many times they have been interviewed the last four and a half years.
Rush to judgment on Trump? Multiple leftists arrested for Capitol riot January 15, 2021
Monica Showalter
With arrest after arrest of assorted leftists emerging, it looks as though impeachment-happy Nancy Pelosi, has a lot of egg on her Botoxed face.
Will the Dems be stupid enough to impeach Trump over carrying out his constitutional duties and appointing a justice? September 21, 2020
Thomas Lifson
The groundwork is being laid for what would become a fiasco that would damage the Democrats right before the election.
Thirty-one Days of Winter 2020 February 11, 2020
Steve McCann
World history will record that the period between the 7th of January and the 7th of February 2020 will be among the most consequential 31 days in the past 25 years.
Win the House, investigate and expunge the impeachment February 8, 2020
Peter Skurkiss
There are three ways to use impeachment against the Democrats.
History will remember President Trump’s purely partisan impeachment and bipartisan acquittal February 5, 2020
Marc Sheppard
Surely, Nancy Pelosi, Schiff’s boss and the nation’s first female House Speaker, knew she was gambling with her own celebrated chapter in the history books when she ceded some of her authority to the nut-job wing of her caucus
Should Republican senators want witnesses? January 31, 2020
Sam Greenfeld
With witnesses, the GOP has the opportunity to run up the score.
Democrats should be careful what they wish for in calling witness John Bolton January 30, 2020
Monica Showalter
Bolton sang a different tune about Trump and Ukraine last August, and President Trump is tweeting about it.
Smelling defeat, the impeachment Democrats' united front is showing signs of breaking apart January 26, 2020
Monica Showalter
The stench of impeachment is starting to overpower Democrats, who now know something's gone rotten on them.
The stunning sham impeachment of Donald Trump January 26, 2020
Amil Imani
The impeachment of Donald Trump always was about reversing the results of the 2016 election and all the events show it.
On big 'historic' impeachment occasion, Democrats can't even fill a visitor gallery January 25, 2020
Monica Showalter
Voters are telling the press they're bored out of their minds. Check out a RealClearPolitics polling average if that isn't clear enough...
The positive side of impeachment January 24, 2020
Alison Tempestilli
Everybody in this country has better things to do.
Democrats are trying to impeach President Trump, wayward voters, and democracy January 24, 2020
Eric Utter
Democrats accuse their opponents of the very things they themselves are doing.
The Secret Sauce of the Democrats’ Impeachment Strategy January 21, 2020
Sally Zelikovsky
We cannot afford to stick our heads in the sand
Closing a loophole in Sekulow's and Cipollone's response to the articles of impeachment January 21, 2020
Arnold Cusmariu
Anyone who thinks I'm being excessively legalistic should keep in mind how Democrats operate.
Why Trump’s Impeachment is Effectively Unconstitutional January 20, 2020
Jonathan F. Keiler
Previous impeachments went to the trial with witnesses for a simple reason: the impeaching party in the House was also the party controlling the trial in the Senate. Without one party dominating both Houses, or strong bipartisan support for an impeachment, conflict and gridlock is inevitable
Media to Hold Own Impeachment Trial January 20, 2020
William L. Gensert
The Dem/Media cabal will run a parallel impeachment where they can investigate forever and have a new Blasey Ford every week.
Republicans offer commemorative impeachment pens January 20, 2020
Ethel C. Fenig
In your face, Nancy.
Whoa! GOP does not have 51 votes to dismiss? January 14, 2020
Patricia McCarthy
Why are people such as Susan Collins in the Democrat camp alongside Bernie Sanders these days?
Maybe they'll just impeach him every week until election day January 9, 2020
Silvio Canto, Jr.
Party of permanent impeachment — is that the best the Democrats can now come up with?
Tulsi Gabbard is positioning herself to pick up the pieces after the Dems implode in the 2020 election December 29, 2019
Thomas Lifson
She's the only Dem willing to speak about the disaster Dems are creatng for themselves.
Chuck Schumer needs to have a talk with Nancy Pelosi to keep their impeachment propaganda line straight December 28, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Normally, message discipline is a great strength of the Democrats. They send out their preferred propaganda line to the media, and the talking heads obediently repeat the mantra of the day.
Democrats' impeachment dealings reach for the absurd December 24, 2019
Monica Showalter
...and to read Power Line's dissection, they're making themselves legal laughingstocks, too.
What if Mitch mirrored Nancy? December 22, 2019
Ronald Tinnell
Nancy Pelosi is holding up sending the impeachment to the Senate because she is concerned that the Senate process will not be "fair". What if the shoe were on the other foot?
That baleful presence of Hillary Clinton in the last two impeachments December 21, 2019
Monica Showalter
Funny how she was so close to the center of the action in the last two impeachments of U.S. presidents.
Impeaching Trump is healthy for the stock market, for Trump's re-election campaign, and other living things December 20, 2019
Ethel C. Fenig
President Trump summed it up in 14 words.
Has Nancy Pelosi punked her own impeachment? December 20, 2019
Monica Showalter
As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plays footsie with the Senate on whether she's going to pass along the House's articles of impeachment, legal scholars agree that if she doesn't send, she's not going to have any impeachment at all.
Pelosi threatens to withhold articles of impeachment from Senate December 19, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Seven reasons why Pelosi's insane scheme would damage the Democrats' impeachment enterprise.
Away from that baleful cat Pelosi, the impeachment 'rats come out to play December 19, 2019
Monica Showalter
They celebrate impeachment with popped corks, restaurant giggles, parties, smiles, and selfies.
Hilarious: Dems' fake 'solemnity' exposed as Pelosi silences applause about impeachment vote with her evil eye and hand gesture December 19, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Nona's evil eye silences the celebration.
The Democrats' one-night stand with the founders December 18, 2019
Selwyn Duke
If the Founders could live again and run for office in 2019, the Left would be vicious in its vitriol, calling them racists, bigots, homophobes, sexists, xenophobes, and white supremacists.
Democrats are talking to each other on impeachment December 18, 2019
Monica Showalter
Big "historic" impeach-Trump day, and not even the lefties are interested in this, which is pretty bad from their point of view.
Lefty Rep. Jackie Speier looks for an excuse to shut impeachment down December 18, 2019
Monica Showalter
Cooking up creative new ways to get out of that impeachment fiasco of their own making by pinning the blame on Republicans.
Seven indisputable facts about this 'historic' impeachment that historians will use to condemn it as 'folly' December 18, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Seven facts that will place an asterisk next to this impeachment, as a monumentally foolish act of political malpractice.
Rudy Giuliani, back from Ukraine, says he has evidence of money laundering involving Biden December 17, 2019
Thomas Lifson
And that fired Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch committed perjury testifying on Adam Schiff's impeachment hearing.
Nadler panics, gets stuck in elevator as protesters shame him over impeachment December 16, 2019
Thomas Lifson
It's time for "what goes around, comes around."
Bad news for Dems: The swing voters aren't swinging anymore —Axios focus group December 16, 2019
Monica Showalter
Democrats have stepped in it with that stupid impeachment bid against President Trump, and these swing voters aren't amused.
An impeachment peel-off: 'Rats flee Pelosi's sinking ship December 15, 2019
Monica Showalter
Not only is Democratic Rep. Jeff Van Drew not going to vote for impeachment, he's getting ready to jump ship.
Is CNN beginning to reform itself after ratings tumble by double digits during impeachment coverage? December 13, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Calling out Sheila Jackson Lee for lying about President Trump to advance impeachment! Is CNN having second thoughts about sacrificing its integrity (and ratings) to the cause of getting Trump out of office?
Fake moderate Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger feels the heat from fed up, impeachment-weary constituents December 11, 2019
M. Catharine Evans
Rep. Spanberger cannot un-ring this bell. The pushback against the do-nothing Democrats and their baseless campaign to impeach President Trump has begun here in Virginia's 7th Congressional District.
Impeachment Dems busy-beaver away...and are only helping Trump —Poll December 9, 2019
Monica Showalter
Another fine mess these rabid leftists have gotten themselves into.
Democrats’ impeachment push enters its facially absurd stage December 8, 2019
Thomas Lifson
I suppose we ought to feel gratitude toward Democrat Representative Al Greene, who, whatever faults he may have, cuts to the chase and doesn’t seem to have the sort of filter most of his Democrat colleagues employ to mask their inner thoughts and goals.
While House Dems abused the impeachment process (and themselves), 8 more federal judges were confirmed this week December 6, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Pardon my bluntness, but there is a distinct masturbatory aspect to the impeachment theater playing out before the nation's eyes.
Pamela Karlan lays an egg December 5, 2019
Patricia McCarthy
She not only ranted her contempt for the Constitution at the impeachment hearings, but also made an unintentional case for getting rid of elite law schools.
House Democrats on a suicide mission? December 5, 2019
Chuck Lowe
As a Trump-supporter, I really, really hope the House votes to impeach him. Think about that.
Andrew Yang tells the truth on impeachment December 5, 2019
Thomas Lifson
I see Andrew Yang as a bit of a goofball, but at least he is not a lying phony like Kamala Harris. Both qualities were on display yesterday.
Nancy Pelosi announces the done-deal impeachment December 5, 2019
Monica Showalter
Democratic Party hackery rolls out, and oh, what a revolting messenger. Prepare to gross out...
Impeachment ain't happening. Look at the math November 27, 2019
Bill Schanefelt
Amidst the hue and cry and clutter surrounding the impeachment fiasco, one clear obstacle stands out: time.
Blacks and Hispanics flee from Democrats on impeachment November 26, 2019
Monica Showalter
The Schiff Show isn't roping in black voters quite the way Democrats thought it would.
That crackling sound before the avalanche: Blue-city safe-seat Democrat defects on impeachment November 26, 2019
Monica Showalter
Black Democrat Rep. Brenda Lawrence, from a safe blue district in Detroit, wants out of the Schiff show.
The impeachment circus as scare tactic November 25, 2019
Arnold Cusmariu
Will the impeachment circus scare Republicans into retirements? Representative Peter T. King, a 14-term Republican from Long Island, has just announced he will not seek re-election.
Impeachment: The great 'Why should I care?' November 19, 2019
Don Sucher
Eat your hearts out, impeachment elites. We simply do not care.
The silly sanctification of Marie Yovanovitch November 16, 2019
Patricia McCarthy
Why is this irrelevant pomposity with no knowledge of anything more than her hurt feelings anywhere near these impeachment hearings?
Schiff's impeachment theater sends in the clowns November 16, 2019
Eric Utter
All that is missing is a circus barker. And at this rate, it's only a matter of time until one shows up.
Is impeachment all about the SCOTUS? November 13, 2019
Patricia McCarthy
We all wish Ruth Bader Ginsburg an even longer life in good health, but the Democrats always plan ahead.
The great Democrat impeachment confection starts to curdle November 7, 2019
Monica Showalter
Two devastating polls show that Democrats have cooked up a very bad-tasting impeachment souffle and the public is now spitting it out.
Suggested Amendments to Senate Rules for a Fair Impeachment Trial November 3, 2019
Wolf Howling
If the Senate is not careful and does not adjust its current procedures, then the House will use the Senate trial to make a mockery of our Constitution.
Pelosi in 1998: Impeachment has a ‘traumatic impact on the confidence that the American people have in government’ November 2, 2019
Thomas Lifson
It is rare in history that we see such parallel cases with the shoe being on the other foot, and the lessons learned the first time ignored.
Ratcliffe rats out the Schiff show November 2, 2019
Monica Showalter
Corrupt. And complicit. Schiff isn't going to live down this.
Seven questions for Ambassador Bill Taylor October 23, 2019
Monica Showalter
Trial by selective leak has gotten pretty creepily out of hand in the case of Ambassador Bill Taylor.
Kangaroo court, jackrabbit impeachment October 23, 2019
Monica Showalter
Why are the Democrats moving so unnaturally fast on this impeachment inquiry? It sure as heck isn't the "crime" here. Get a load of what it is...
It has started: Anti-impeachment protest forming October 17, 2019
Monica Showalter
A funny feeling this is just the beginning...
Democrats now holding 'Soviet-style' impeachment hearings October 17, 2019
Monica Showalter
Operating in a dank basement to overturn the results of the 2016 election, Rep. Adam Schiff is starting to put words into his witnesses' mouth and screaming at them when they don't consent to it.
It used to take a high crime and misdemeanor to get impeached. Now it just takes someone being concerned October 15, 2019
Jack Hellner
And where were the Democrats when the long list of Obama administration crimes and misdemeanors occurred before our eyes?
Schiff's Democrats plot a secret impeachment, with leaks October 15, 2019
Monica Showalter
Kind of tells you just how "fair" and "transparent" they plan to make it.
So who's the Democratic candidate the 'whistleblower' had a 'professional relationship' with? October 9, 2019
Monica Showalter
Funny how these Democrat conflicts of interest keep piling up. Good thing President Trump is refusing to play ball.
How impeachment works: A Clinton impeachment veteran lays it out October 8, 2019
Ed Timperlake
Attention, Nancy Pelosi: Icebergs ahead...
Take a gander at what Democrats once said about impeaching Bill Clinton... October 4, 2019
Monica Showalter
...as compared to their sudden pieties about the importance of impeaching President Donald Trump.
Six ways to Sunday? Intelligence chiefs not only altered rules about firsthand knowledge to file whistleblower report... October 2, 2019
Monica Showalter
...they also tried to rig their impeachment bid on Trump at least seven additional ways, according to an explosive new report from the Federalist's Sean Davis.
The 800-pound gorilla in the impeachment room September 28, 2019
Tim Jones
Once again, Dems are going to learn that they aren't as smart as they think they are.
Adam Schiff desperately fabricates a laughable Trump impeachable offense July 29, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Schiff diving deep into fantasy.
Congressman says MSNBC won't let anyone on unless he talks about impeachment June 1, 2019
Monica Showalter
Can you say pre-fab, pre-ordered, pre-arranged 'fake news'?
Mueller offers sly impeachment bait May 29, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Selectively highlighted and sequenced points intended to damage President Trump, providing obvious bait for impeachment proceedings.
Elizabeth Warren: Hey, Congress, impeach Trump! I need to win the Democrat nomination April 20, 2019
Monica Showalter
Do it for me, me, me...
Pelosi tells her base the bad news that impeaching Trump is no longer politically useful March 12, 2019
Thomas Lifson
For more than two years, Democrats have been intoxicated with dreams of reversing the 2016 election by impeaching President Trump. Yesterday, the hangover began.
The mask is off: Democrats get right to work to impeach Trump November 12, 2018
Monica Showalter
Congressional Democrats haven't even been seated, but they getting down to business. Sorry voters, it's not legislation. It's Getting Trump.
A little land mine next month awaits Democrats' big dream of impeachment August 27, 2018
Monica Showalter
An unrelated court case over the release of grand jury testimony could mean that the Mueller report stays muzzled and Democrat dreams of impeachment wither on the vine.
Thanks to Michael Cohen guilty plea, midterms are now a national referendum on impeachment August 22, 2018
Thomas Lifson
The Trump-haters' project to unseat a duly elected president of the United States now has a specific (and phony) "high crime and misdemeanor" on which to launch impeachment. I say bring it on.
With its 'Impeach Trump' course, SDSU plays the lefties like a fiddle February 28, 2018
Monica Showalter
Universities are in the academic clickbait business and they know that the raging anti-Trump lefties out there are easily manipulated for money.
Dems rallying to support Missouri state senator who tweeted 'I hope Trump is assassinated' August 19, 2017
Thomas Lifson
With 94.172% of the vote in her last election, she's standing firm. We have a procedure for handling this: impeachment. It's time for a national conversation on political violence and free speech.
Buried Clinton impeachment documents must be devastating October 23, 2016
Thomas Lifson
A tiny window just opened on the tens of thousands of pages of evidence amassed against Bill Clinton that remain hidden from the public.
No Shame for Obama November 24, 2014
Eileen F. Toplansky
It is official: Obama has now ushered in the Age of the Dictator for America.
Where Is the Red Line of Impeachment? February 15, 2014
Cindy Simpson
How long before the American people stand up and say "enough" to Barack Obama's lawlessness?
Obama Twerks America February 11, 2014
William L. Gensert
America has lost an entire decade in service of Barack Obama's vanity. Yet, America will recover.
House Resolution of No Confidence: Obama's Conviction without Eviction January 1, 2014
Jim Guirard
If House impeachment and Senate eviction are not possible, what then? What other punishment would amount to more than a proverbial slap on the wrist?
Can We Talk About Impeachment? December 20, 2013
J.T. Hatter
This president has behaved lawlessly -- and has encouraged lawless behavior in his administration since he first set foot into the Oval Office in January 2009.
Impeaching Himself, Period November 9, 2013
Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison
Never interrupt your enemy when he's committing suicide.
America's New Obstruction Of Justice Crisis October 13, 2013
Chriss Street
Has the Obama administration finally crossed the impeachment red line?
Things Fall Apart for Obama September 9, 2013
Thomas Lifson
It's so bad for President Obama that there is now talk of impeachment, not from his foes on the right but from his former allies on the left
Obama's Increasingly Tyrannical Proclivities August 26, 2013
Richard Winchester
In Federalist #47, James Madison defined tyranny for us. Guess who fits the bill?
Progressives fulminating over impeachment talk August 25, 2013
Thomas Lifson
GOP establishment too, pretty much.