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Distinguishes this impeachment case from others in the past. >> the idea of impeachment fundamentally was meant as a process where left and right come together because they are overwhelmed by what the executive is doing to them. in the case of a president especially, that what's ever happening is so bad that there are going to be two-thirds of you in the senate that see it that way and that that is not this situation. there will be zero buy-in from the republicans, they don't accept the premise, they don't accept the facts. so this can never be an effective mechanism of impeachment for the dem...

Acting in. >> it's possible to decide an impeachment process shouldn't be conducted but that doesn't seem consistent with the constitutional process at all. the house makes a determination of whether the president is fit to retain office and i'm come back to that in a minute and the senate is obligated to try the charges. but impeachment raises the constitutional stakes. this is often falsely believed to be a punitive act by the house. in fact, it's a prophylactic measure. the whole notion behind impeachment is that the president has disqualified himself or herself from holding office and some...