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来源类型 | Op-Ed |
规范类型 | 评论 |
How this impeachment will play out | |
Peter J. Wallison | |
发表日期 | 2019-10-08 |
出处 | The Hill |
出版年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | The effort by President Trump to bring on an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden in Ukraine and China has given life to what had been a moribund impeachment effort in Congress. But the Constitution is clear about what is an impeachable offense, and there is serious doubt that the conduct of Trump is consistent with what the framers had in mind. Professor Alan Dershowitz, who has made a study of impeachment, has argued persuasively that the framers, in using the term “high crimes and misdemeanors” as the key standard for impeachment, meant that an impeachable offense must at least be a crime, not just any crime, but a “high crime” equivalent in gravity to an act of treason or bribery. Is what Trump did a crime? Although the Democrats and the media have routinely called his effort to “dirty up” Biden a crime, that is not at all clear. The foundation for the charge is campaign finance law, which makes it a crime to solicit or accept “anything of value” from a foreign source. What was the “thing of value” that Trump solicited? According to his accusers in Congress, it was the agreement by Ukraine to investigate the potential connection of Biden to his son receiving lucrative business benefits. Read more |
主题 | Constitution ; Executive Branch ; Legislature ; Politics and Public Opinion |
标签 | Constitution ; Hillary Clinton ; impeachment ; Trump |
URL | https://www.aei.org/op-eds/how-this-impeachment-will-play-out/ |
来源智库 | American Enterprise Institute (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/210527 |
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