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The clips of republicans talking about Bill Clinton and impeachment in 1998 are educational. And a lot of them are still serving in Congress.

 

Yeah but it’s different when Trump does it.

 

Huh:

Alt-right women are upset that alt-right men are treating them terribl

 

Only the best people.

 

Well, this explains a LOT. Paging Baron to the white courtesy phone.

Dershowitz: Pardoning People Not Impeachable Offense | LifeZette

Stuff in there about emails!

 

Dershowitz is wrong. ANYTHING is an impeachable offense if the House of Representatives deems it so.

 

People's brains explode when you point that out. Guy I went to high school with, when I noted this reality in response to a Facebook sorta-rant of his, he would have none of it. He even argued that the Supremes would have to be engaged if the House impeached over some non-criminal act. Wanted to respond with a "Keep digging," but that's what sj.com is for.

 

"An impeachable offense is what the House of Representatives says it is," -- Gerald Ford.

 

That article's headline is misleading, though. Dershowitz said the president can't be "charged" -- which is absolutely true -- and later said Johnson was "wrongly" impeached -- which isn't the same as saying his impeachment was legally impermissible. I didn't watch the video, though ...