Comments on: High Crimes or Misdemeanors? https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/07/25/high-crime-or-misdemeanor/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:17:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: seashell https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/07/25/high-crime-or-misdemeanor/#comment-103086 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:17:43 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=34848#comment-103086 In reply to Sean Wilson.

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Peter Irons, author of “A People’s History of the Supreme Court” has a fascinating history of Andrew Johnson’s impeachment, including Article 10 in the Articles of Impeachment that referred to Johnson’s racism.

Johnson’s deep-rooted racism, along with his verbal excoriation of his congressional foes as “treasonous” — something our current president has also done — led to his impeachment.

See: Trump's racism is an impeachable offense. The precedent of Andrew Johnson proves it.

]]> By: seashell https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/07/25/high-crime-or-misdemeanor/#comment-103087 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:11:24 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=34848#comment-103087 In reply to seashell.

Moreover, even though the Senate saved Johnson, he was crippled in the the last two years of his presidency from the investigations that led the House to impeach.

]]> By: seashell https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/07/25/high-crime-or-misdemeanor/#comment-103085 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:52:13 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=34848#comment-103085 In reply to David Rahrer.

Yes indeed. Hardly a bastion of politics, never mind non-partisan politics. Now we know where K gets his misinformation.

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/07/25/high-crime-or-misdemeanor/#comment-103081 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 03:40:36 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=34848#comment-103081 In reply to Sean Wilson.

Richard Nixon resigned and was pardoned by Ford, which is why he didn’t face any charges (and I suspect the pardon was part of the resignation deal).

H.W. Bush’s pardoned Wienberger, he didn’t fire him.

Who did W. Bush fire that was at the time investigating W. Bush?

“I am talking about what the law is.”

No you are not. You aren’t actually citing any law or court rulings. You are just giving irrelevant examples.

“Can’t you at least take some solace that those checks, however imperfect, appeared to stop the firing of Mueller in this case?”

No, because there is still someone in the Oval office who is completely unfit to hold the office of president of the US. Someone who is abusing his authority as president. further, you keep trying focusing on the attempted firing of Mueller as if that was the ONLY example of Trump trying to obstruct justice and it isn’t.

]]> By: David Rahrer https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/07/25/high-crime-or-misdemeanor/#comment-103079 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 01:27:26 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=34848#comment-103079 In reply to seashell.

It’s an obscure cryptocoin news site (Crypto Coins News). They post some rather click-bait stuff from other topics to try to get their search engine position back to where it was before one of Google’s last algorithm shifts. The use of the term “Ex-Obama Cronies” is a rather obvious tell that this is not serious reporting. It’s based in Norway of all places, but that is because of the crypto.

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