Comment Re:Major potential loss for science (Score 1) 284
He really was right when he said that he could shoot someone in broad daylight in the middle of new york and get away with it. If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, did it still make a sound?
If the president shot a person in broad daylight in the middle of new york and literally everyone saw it but there was no impeachment, was it still illegal? In the context of your argument, it was not.
Impeachment is an inherently political process. It makes no discrimination on whether something is legal or illegal but it can be included as a cause. That is the Supreme Court's job in this context.
Source: https://www.archives.gov/found...