Now some of these same Republicans are supporting Biden’s impeachment on grounds similar to the ones they rejected when they were directed against the Republican president: “Abuse of power” (Article I), and “dereliction of duty.” (Article II).
These alleged grounds do not appear in the Constitution, and the second one was implicitly rejected by the Constitutional Convention when proposals to include “malpractice for neglect of duty,” “neglect in the execution of his office” and “maladministration” were withdrawn at the insistence of James Madison, the father of our Constitution.
Once again partisanship trumps principle, and consistently is regarded as a weakness in the game of political hardball.
The irony is that there might actually be constitutionally valid grounds for impeaching President Biden under two possible circumstances[.]
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