Political Quotes

“I send a question to the desk on behalf of myself, Senators Sasse, Braun, Risch, McSally, Roberts, and Hoeven. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Rubio and the other Senators is for counsel for the President: How would the Framers view removing a President without an overwhelming consensus of the American people and on the basis of Articles of Impeachment supported by one political party and opposed by the other? Mr. Counsel DERSHOWITZ. Mr. Chief Justice, thank you. Senators, Alexander Hamilton addressed that issue very directly. He said the greatest danger of impeachment is if it turns on the votes of one party being greater than the votes of another party in either House. So I think they would be appalled to see an impeachment going forward in violation of the Schumer rule and the rules of other Congressmen that were good enough for us during the Clinton impeachment but seemed to have changed dramatically in the current situation. The criteria that have been set out are so lawless, they basically paraphrase Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who said: There is no law. Anything the House wants to do to impeach is impeachable. That is what is happening today. That places the House of Representatives above the law. We have heard much about, no one is above the law. The House of Representatives is not above the law. They may not use the Maxine Waters--Gerald Ford made the same point, but it was about the impeachment of a judge.…”