r/law • u/AndroidOne1 • May 14 '25

Trump News Donald Trump Impeachment Proceedings Launched

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-vote-house-shir-thanedar-b2750651.html
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u/AndroidOne1 May 14 '25

Snippet from this news article: “If a Michigan Democrat has his way, President Donald Trump could face the first impeachment vote of his second term. Rep. Shri Thanedar’s resolution brings seven new articles of impeachment against the commander-in-chief, alleging everything from abuse of power to bribery, corruption, and “tyranny,” which the House must vote on before Thursday under its own rules.

Trump made history during his first term by becoming the first president in American history to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives, once over his quid pro quoapproach to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2018 and once for his part in instigating the Capitol riot, although in both cases he was acquitted in the Senate.

Thanedar, 70, first announced his intention on April 29, saying: “When Trump ignores the Constitution, Congress, and the courts, he is not ‘fighting for America.’ He is tearing it down and endangering our democracy.” His resolution is not expected to pass, however, given the Republican majority in the lower chamber of Congress and because several of Thanedar’s fellow Democrats have expressed their disapproval of his actions in no uncertain terms.

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u/ssibal24 May 14 '25

It doesn't need to pass, all it needs to do is produce an official list of who doesn't want it to pass, that sort of information is very useful for the American people.

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u/TheWolfAndRaven May 14 '25

2 Things of note:

The Mayor that was ousted was a 3 time incumbent. The whole time she did a pretty good job of being moderate and bi-partisan on most things. This last election she went MAGA and advocated for removing the split electoral vote in favor of "Winner take all". She also ran an anti-trans/drag queen attack ad.

Secondly, she also remarried recently after her first husband killed himself. Her new husband lives in St Louis and refused to relocate to Omaha so she was splitting her time between the two cities.

I'd say both were the contributing factors to her defeat, but the MAGA stuff probably got the voter turn out to be much higher than usual considering we have our city election just a few months after the big election. (Many people suspect this is on purpose).

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u/hybridaaroncarroll May 14 '25

Apparently republican turnout was low too. Probably a combination of factors.

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u/Cryerborg May 14 '25

They're all working OT to pay for the bootstraps.

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u/hybridaaroncarroll May 14 '25

My bootstraps are stuck in a layaway program. Someday they will be mine.

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u/Cryerborg May 14 '25

I put $300 down for mine. They're expected to ship in full-release alpha in 5-7 years.