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But the constitution sets out this power not merely for political payback or pushback against policies. google the johnson impeachment for the true precedent. he was impeached on 11 counts. it was a laundry list of all the things they didnt like about him, a racist, a bully. he went after people. but the senate came up one vote short of removal twice. the message, this cant just be about politics. clinton, also a cautionary tale for both sides. certainly informs why this president was so wary of...

To them thats how these cycles go. we have seen it before, but this does have some odd parallels does it not, to what happened to comey in the beginning and the march towards using leverage of government to stop this presidency. >> look nancy pelosi is right. what she said is no one is above the law but that means congress is not above the law. congress may not impeach a president unless the president has committed an impeachable offense. the constitution sets out what the offenses are. you dont...

Go. we have seen it before, but this does have some odd parallels does it not, to what happened with comey in the beginning and the march towards using leverage of government to stop this presidency. >> look nancy pelosi is right. what she said is no one is above the law but that means congress is not above the law. congress may not impeach a president unless the president m has committed an impeachable offense. the constitution sets out what the impeachable offenses are. you dont go around conv...

Think its over. there are two critical things here. number one they have got to make crystal clear through questioning mueller, you know, that trump was found to have satisfied the elements of obstruction of justice but that uniquely among americans the prosecutors here declined to bring a charge against him. they need to explain why, and they need to explain that the reason they did want is because hes the president of the united states. and, you know, an american would have been charged. and s...

Make crystal clear through questioning mueller that trump was found to have satisfied the elements of obstruction of justice. but that ewe uniquely they need explain why. and explain that the reason they didnt is because hes the president of the united states. and any other american would have been charged. >> secondly. they need to make clear that mueller found the constitution sets forth a process other than criminal justice to deal with a situation like this. and they need to bring out of him...

Harassment, whether it is trying to get tax returns, or a recently now, california saying you cannot be on the ballot unless you release your tax returns if youre running for president of the united states, which not only is absurd but completely unconstitutional. the constitution sets forth the parameters of the requirements of what you must have, possess, natural born citizen, 35 years of age, to be running for the president of the united states. the states cant add to those requirements, whic...

Harassment, whether it is trying to get tax returns, or recently now, california sayingg you cannot be on the ballot unless you release your tax returns if youre running for president of the united states, which not only is absurd, buten completely unconstitutional. the constitution sets forth the parameters of the requirements of what you must have, possess, natural born citizen, 35 years of age, to be running for the president of the united states. the states cant add to those requirements, wh...

An additional restriction on its members and they set the constitution sets out the requirements for federal office in the state cant add to those requirements. saying someone has to disclose her tax return is adding a requirement to running for federal office in the states federal office in the states have no power to dooooo that i won the "best of" i casweepstakes it. and i get to be in this geico commercial? lets do the eyebrows first, just tease it a little. slather it all over, dont hold ba...

Abuse the irs to abuse a president or individual citizens. >> the oversight responsibility congress is supposed to do what. >> make sure the department of justice and the executive branch agencies are doing their job and staying within the line that the constitution sets out for their authority. >> and perhaps pass legislation, but theyre not a shadow criminal investigative agency are they. >> no. >> by the way, they cant be, theyre not structurally set up to be that way. becomes a circus, a sho...

About educating the public. part of the problem with this presidency is that trump has done so much thats so unacceptable its hard to encapsulate it. thats why he doesnt want his witnesses to comply with subpoenas to appear on capitol hill. democrats have to find a new way to get that evidence out. >> and the question i think for a lot of people would the only victory for democrats be making mike pence president or would it be im peeking president trump and have him going into history as a impea...