Impeachment Chargers are Out

So Congress has revealed the two charges against the 45th President of the United States. These are obstruction of Congress and Abuse of Power. This means they chose to keep it very narrow and focused on the Ukrainian matter. There were a few other charges that could have been leveled, including bribery and under the 18th-century definition in the Constitution perhaps treason.

Incidentally, treason is hard as nails to prove now, or in the 18th century. Why? The Founders were afraid of the abuse, which happened with King George III. The king could file those charges against me, for even writing this piece. It was that easy. So the Founders placed real limits and required two people to serve as witnesses.

They could also have gone after the emoluments clause, though that is indirectly related to some of the matters at hand. Why did they chose this narrow path? There are several reasons, all of them valid.

First off more Americans favor impeachment, due to the Ukraine matter. However, less do in critical swing states. The matter is narrow and easy to understand. Second, many of the Democratic Representatives came in favor of impeachment only after the Ukraine matter came into focus.

From the behavior of Republican leadership, that continues to argue process, we can expect no Republicans to vote for this. However, this is a vote of conscience. So we may still be surprised, and none will tell others in the party if they plan to break. With Democrats, we know two representatives in ruby-red…