The impeachment isn't a waste. Trump was impeached. The senate, namely Mitch corrupted the function of the senate from doing their job. This is the problem we have with the set up of our government. All important decisions and Scotus should be made up of a group of equal party members. Like for instance 3 republicans, 3 democrats and 3 independents. The president should have nothing to do with choosing heads of the DOJ, law enforcement, Scotus, or the military. This is the one area where the founding fathers screwed up. In no way shape or form should any position in government be a life term. That is a huge problem. The fore fathers had no idea how fast the world would change any more than they had any idea a man would set foot on the moon. And that is ancient history.
The instant federal income tax was created it requires decisions from Scotus that were not in its original realm. No government entity should have any say about abortion because it is a medical procedure that is only opposed by religion.
Impeachment is a trial. Clinton was also impeached. It is up to the house to make the case and then send it to the senate. In the Trump impeachment, the case was not made and the vote to send it on was along party lines. In the Clinton case, there was a bipartisan vote to pass the case to the Senate. He was not found guilty in the Senate. Also a bipartisan effort.
In the Clinton case, he was tried for actual federal crimes. The 11 impeachable crimes that were sent to the senate from the federal prosecutor can be found online. Of those 11 they chose 7.
In the Trump case, there were no impeachable crimes, but there were rumors and leakers. When those who were not "anonymous" were put under oath, the case they thought they might have, fell apart. Not one of those who testified could show a crime. And since I watched or listened to all of it, I can tell you that it was a CF from the beginning. Even so, with only Democrat votes, it was sent to the Senate where it was rightly dismissed.
All important decisions and Scotus should be made up of a group of equal party members.
If you are going to make decisions that way, there is no point in voting for Congress. Just pick some people from each party and let them do the job. SCOTUS is not a political tool unless the left gets a bunch of leftist judges on there. It is a tool to judge legislation against the constitution. That's why I laugh when leftists have a fit over "conservative" judges that promise to follow the constitution....or, in other words, do their job.
You will probably get an example of how it is supposed to be done with the ACA case.
The president should have nothing to do with choosing heads of the DOJ, law enforcement, Scotus, or the military. This is the one area where the founding fathers screwed up. In no way shape or form should any position in government be a life term.
Who would you have pick those positions then? The president is the chief law enforcement officer in the land. To that end, he gets to pick those positions. The president is the Commander In Chief of the military. To that end, he gets to pick some of the military top leaders.
SCOTUS is a lifetime appointment so that the judges can make independent decisions. And they do. Roberts disappointed a lot of us with his ACA ruling, but he had the freedom to do that because he didn't have to worry about losing his job over it.
The instant federal income tax was created it requires decisions from Scotus that were not in its original realm. No government entity should have any say about abortion because it is a medical procedure that is only opposed by religion
The federal income tax is a constitutional amendment.
Abortion is a question that should have been left to the states. It doesn't matter why people are for or against it. It should not have become a federal issue and it was not for SCOTUS to decide. Like gay marriage, it was another case of the left not wanting to convince the people a thing was right when they could convince a court to force it on people.
