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The push by Democrats to impeach the president for his role in inciting the attack on the Capitol underscores how American politics has been profoundly shaken in ways still hard to measure.
>> john locke a millenia ago said this -- wherever law ends, tyranny begins. >> no law was broken. no high crimes or misdemeanors. no impeachable offenses. >> i know the president said that he can get away with anything he wants to. i come today to tell you that no, he cannot. no one is above the law, and he shall be held accountable. >> for more on the legal questions we are left with after just hearing that assortment of opinions, barbara mcquade is back with us, the veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. barbara, you just heard the man say ...
The same thing as professor noah feldman said. if we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office for personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy. we live in a monarchy or we live under a dictatorship. the votes we are about to take concern the rule of law and our democracy itself. let us not forget the words of john locke so influential to if founders of our public. john locke said this -- wherever law ends, tyranny begins. this impeachment asks whether we are still a republic of laws as our founders intended or whether