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Even if Trump were impeached one wonders who the replacement could be
https://www.yahoo.com/news/difficult-impeach-president-trump-160559721.html
How Difficult Would It Be to Impeach President Trump?
Politics
The article originally appeared on Time.
Among his critics, talk of impeachment began long before President Donald Trump even took office.
In September, a law professor argued that lawsuits against Trump University had already laid the groundwork for an impeachment case.
A history professor who has accurately predicted every presidential election since 1984 has said
Trump’s impeachment is imminent.
Some of Trump’s critics have argued that his business dealings are in violation of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, which prohibits the President from accepting gifts from foreign leaders or governments. Others, including Waters, have argued that the ties between Russia and Trump’s team are signs of wrongdoing. Christopher Peterson, a University of Utah law professor, maintains that theTrump University lawsuits provide grounds for impeachment and thinks there’s already a “fairly solid” case to be made.
Right now, arguments for impeachment are resting on potentially flimsy claims.
“The critical thing that those congressmen will have to show is
that he’s done something that will qualify as treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,”
Gerhardt said. “That’s the threshold.”
While there are mounting questions about potential coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russian interests,
no concrete conclusions have been reached.
“So far there hasn’t been a clear smoking gun,” Peterson said.
