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Podcast: Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show
Episode: Impeachment Porn
Description: As a general rule, I oppose the impeachment of elected officials (appointed officials are a different matter). The recent conventional thinking is that – in general – it’s a waste of time as neither side has the actual votes to impeach a given President. That did not stop Trump from being twice impeached, but, and I think that this is important, those were political moves that were less about Trump than they were about control of the House and Senate.
When debating the Presidency during the Philadelphia Convention, there were two main points of consideration. First, HOW to elect th...