By Yvonne Sam
In the partisan context it has been talked about so much that it is now seen as nothing more than a mere electoral ploy.
It is becoming extremely hard to take the issue of impeachment seriously. Plainly put impeachment has jumped the shark. Recent behavior of the Democrats has left serious- minded politicians wondering if President Trump for political advantage is trying to goad Democrats into impeaching him. Gone is the established assumption that impeachment itself would be a blot on Trump’s reputation.
Frankly speaking, it would be impossible for any sane member of the Homo Sapiens genre to imagine a more preposterous scenario under the Constitution and in the history of the Presidency. From the outset the constitution framers intended impeachment to be treated as a highly serious option restricted to the most extraordinary, deplorable violations of the rule of law. They knew that elected politicians would not be free of political motivation. Continue reading
