Considering impeachment's future
Considering impeachment's future Albert Hunt, opinion contributor © Greg Nash Considering impeachment's future After a 100-year hiatus, there have been four impeachment proceedings against a president in less than 50 years. Only the first was fully satisfying; any in the future likely won't get better. As a constitutional weapon, impeachment seems lacking - no president has ever been convicted in the Senate. As a political weapon, the record is mixed. Whatever the wisdom of the Founders, they didn't envision an impeachment process dominated by political parties as it now is...