A SCOTUS Opening

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(09-23-2020, 02:02 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I'm not overlooking the "bad things" Trump did. I'm saying they were not impeachable offenses.

That seems like a matter of perspective, including with constitutional scholars. It it's impeachable is a political question, not one that can objectively be answered so easily.
You did give a "he was impeached because the dems just hate the guy" explanation - which is probably quite true, for sure, but does in no way refute that he did something quite wrong regarding this whole Ukraine situation.

(09-23-2020, 02:02 PM)PhilHos Wrote: IIRC, Trump committed no crimes (as President). 

Hm. I kinda disagree. For example he did order McGahn to falsify the record, he arguably lied to Mueller in his written responses (eg he appears to actually have talked to Stone about wikileaks), he ordered Mnuchin to disregard the law regarding his tax records, he asked/pressured Comey to let Flynn go, he (imho quite demonstrably) held back military aid to Ukraine without being authorized to do so. Then there's these Hatch act violations (like having a convention in the WH); there's things that might be a bit more murky, like his doubling the fees for his now presidential golf course or letting Pence and staff reside in a Trump Hotel in Ireland or renting rooms to diplomats, or that whole Qatar story (where imho Quataris were pressured to buy a scyscraper from Kushner). Also, he and his AG have the tendency to simply remove investigators that look into possible other Trump world misdeeds, so in many cases there is no real investigation into some very shady and potentially criminal stuff. As of now he has no legal conviction, that much is true.

Personally, I also feel blatantly lieing to the American people about matters of high and highest national security interest - like Russians influencing the election or claiming "wide-spread voter fraud" orchestrated by Dems and the deep state - or about the coronavirus borders criminality or at least impeachable offenses too, but this cannot be part of an official list. Still I wonder how anyone could be just chill about that.