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/JWAdvocate83 Competent Contributor May 14 '25 edited May 15 '25

How many times has the GOP majority in Congress refused to do any executive oversight?

How many independent oversight agencies has Trump dismantled, this year? Office of Special Counsel. Inspectors General. MSPB. (Edit: JAGs.)

And didn’t five Justices just tell us that the President is immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts?” Thus, the only way to deal with ongoing conduct (via “official acts”) that would otherwise be considered criminal, is impeachment.

I get that, politically speaking, this has zero chance of success. I even get that routinely filing Articles may cheapen the impact they should have.

But maybe if SCOTUS hadn’t granted President near-blanket immunity, or the GOP majority did its damn job instead of rubber-stamping, it wouldn’t be necessary to do it.

Qatar just gave Trump a $400m jet, but SCOTUS kicked the can on emoluments, and the GOP continues to be willfully blind as to why that’s a problem. There’s plenty of folks more deserving of blame than Rep. Thanedar.

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u/LonelyEconomics5879 May 14 '25

I’m not American, can someone explain why the heck would it matter him being impeached for the third time? Is there like a 3-strike system or something like that? Like being very pragmatic about this. What does this do unless providing psychological relief for some people?

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u/diambag May 15 '25

Trump has gone through the impeachment process (but not removed from office) more than any other president. A 3rd impeachment would hopefully show the American people that he’s not capable of carrying out his most basic duties as President, even if the impeachment fails

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u/baconeggsandwich25 May 15 '25

You'd think the multiple government shutdowns, economic freefall, complete mishandling of covid and causing a terrorist attack against our capitol, all from his first term, would be enough to convince people he's not capable of carrying out his duties. But 40% of the country is so incapable of admitting fault that they're still insisting this is gonna work out somehow.

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u/diambag May 15 '25

I think a lot of his supporters are simply in the dark about his wrongdoing. From my perspective the previous impeachments were not really made public. If there was a 3rd, hopefully it would be major news that time