Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Because Adam "the Schitt" Schmitt knows the evidence as it is is insufficient to impeach. Abuse of power and obstruction of congress do not even come close to attaining the high standards of impeachable offenses. So, Adam "the Schitt" Schmitt must lie and lie and lie again.

Back in 1787, during the Constitutional Convention, one of the most hotly debated issues was the removal of federal government officials through the impeachment process. The removal of a president (and other certain officers) was not a trivial matter. Two Virginians, George Mason and James Madison, had a rather intense debate over what should constitute grounds for removing a president from office.

Treason and Bribery were a given, and Mason proposed adding the idea of "maladministration". Madison immediately pointed out that "maladministration" was so vague that it would threaten the separation of powers. Congress could remove any president it disagreed with on grounds of “maladministration.” This would give Congress complete power over the executive.

Madison proposed replacing the idea of "maladministration" with "high Crimes and Misdemeanors".

In Federalist No. 65, Hamilton explained impeachment. He defined impeachable offenses as “those offences which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or in other words from the abuse or violation of some public trust. They are of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be denominated political, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself.” The impeachment process is political in nature, not criminal. Congress has no power to impose criminal penalties on impeached officials.

Now, read carefully how they worded the impeachment clause (Article 1, Section 4, US Constitution):

shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or OTHER high Crimes and Misdemeanors. The word "OTHER" means that any and all high Crimes and Misdemeanors are as serious as Treason and Bribery and must be held to the same standard.

Every president in our history has, to one degree or other, abused his power and obstructed congress.

What the Pelosi/Schitt/Nadler crime cabal has done is, without following the Article V process for amending the Constitution, they have illegally amended the impeachment clause and lowered the bar to "maladministration" - and in the eyes of l*****t progs, the fact that President Trump is still alive is "maladministration".

What we have witnessed for three plus years and are witnessing today, folks, is a mob of maladjusted malcontents in the HOR (and some in the senate) who actually believe that congress has plenary power over the Executive branch and that they are running the country.