Incidentally the impeachment came about following the CJ's decision to rule against a controversial bill aimed at increasing the powers of the Economic Minister and brother of the President.
No U.S. president and vice president will ever need to worry about impeachment--about being constrained by the rule of law--since the precedent for permissible lawlessness, recklessness, and incompetence will have been set so very low.
This article didn't get to the heart of what impeachment is all about, but it did establish an impeachable offense.
But, in a country where the previous President's lies about consensual adulterous relations were considered ground for impeachment, truthtelling about the gravest affair of state — the waging of war — must stand as a paramount value.
Impeachment is about cleansing the office.
Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office".
Second, Obama gets Boehner and House Republicans to talk about impeachment in the same breath that they are talking about the lawsuit, making clear the connection between the two, whatever they say about ruling out impeachment.
But nether he nor Mr. Nelson has talked much about impeachment during the campaign; polls have also shown that people are tired of hearing about it.
They have mastered the art of talking about impeachment -- without talking about impeachment.
Jerry Brown called me: "I understand you have a book out about Bush, about impeachment," and I said, "No, Jerry, it's about murder".
There can be no reliable prophecies about impeachment at present.
