OPINION- EDITORIAL_ The 25th Amendment is no light matter

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

The 25th Amendment is no light matter

by Washington Examiner | September 23, 2018 12:00 AM


At the moment, President Trump is trying to create the impression that if Democrats win in November, he will be impeached. He might even be right. Republicans like the idea because impeachment seems like such a far-fetched and unjustified measure, and they want to score points from the Democratic excesses that will surely accompany a Democratic victory.

But the thing about impeachment is that it is at least a small-D democratic measure. The House of Representatives, which is elected anew every two years, must initiate the process of removing a president from office. The Senate, whose members also face periodic elections, must then choose to remove him by a very large majority that cannot be obtained due in the current environment due to any amount of mere partisan bickering.

The hurdles to impeachment, and the political punishment for trying it without merit, are great enough that on their own they discourage abuse of the process.

This cannot be said of attempts to remove a president by other means

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We all hear constant talk of the “deep state” from Trump and his allies, and perhaps it is often overblown. But if Rosenstein stands truly accused, it would be the worst sort of deep-state behavior — a coup attempt coming from a government bureaucracy that is not entitled to make such judgment.

It is quite possible, as some officials interviewed by the Washington Post have suggested, that Andrew McCabe created false rumors and a false impression of what Rosenstein actually said. He may be completely innocent of this charge. But if the accusations are true, he should be dismissed from his current job immediately and perhaps also referred for further investigation.

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