McEnany went to Harvard Law School. I know.
In case anyone might be confused, impeachment is in the constitution just as the Senate’s “advise and consent” on Supreme Court appointments is in the Constitution. Pelosi has just as much authority to initiate impeachment as Mitch McConnell has to refuse to hold a vote on a president’s nomination as he did with Garland and ram through a Handmaid’s Tale Justice days before the election.
None of this has anything to do with “undoing” Article II, which the Trump people, under the tutelage of Bill Barr, has turned into a magical clause that conveys total authority to the president. Here’s a reminder of what Article II, Section II actually says:
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
Sure, an impeachment proceeding might slow down the confirmation process in the senate. Oh heck. Barack Obama’s appointment sat for 8 months without even getting a hearing and McConnell got his Gorsuch. Obviously, a slow-down is not an assault on Article II.
I can’t believe I just had to waste my time and yours on yet another ridiculous rationalization for their shameless, radical, abandonment of any sense of fairness, due process,norms and rules. BUt it illustrates the fact that Democrats have got to recognize that their adversaries are intent upon ruling from the minority, which means they will use every lever of power to enact their agenda regardless of the fact that they do not represent any more than 40% of the country at best.
This is not democracy and the Democrats need to understand that the concept of “majority rule but protect the minority” is being abused in ways that are destroying the country. They simply cannot allow this to continue or we’re over.