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Re: BREAKING: House Republicans vote to authorize their impeachment inquiry into President Biden 

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@VerasVitas - associated answer is very direct - the president can be impeached for whatever (and ONLY whatever) the sitting congresscritters decide is an impeachable offense based on their internal political calculations. That's the answer for ANY question in the form of "can the President be impeached for XYZ".




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Re: BREAKING: House Republicans vote to authorize their impeachment inquiry into President Biden
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Sat, 16 Dec 23 2:13 AM
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OCU > You can only impeach a president for 'high crimes and misdemeanors' committed WHILE they were actually holding the office of president.


You sure about that?

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https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/81936/can-a-president-be-impeached-for-actions-before-he-was-elected

Impeachment is an essentially political process. The Supreme Court has said that it does not rule on the validity of impeachments or senate proceedings on bills of impeachment.

This means that theoretically, a president can be impeached for any reason if there are enough votes, up to and including someone not liking his eye color? It just depends on what the party leading the impeachment expects about the public perception.

vsz Yes, that is correct. Whether to impeach and remove President is a political decision, not a judicial one, as the proceeding in th case of Trump clearly showed.
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