Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of law at Harvard University and was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter.
When a president urges a foreign state to find evidence against his opponent, he violates this fairness. He takes advantage of his official power to manipulate the system — power his opponent lacks. This exploits the advantage of incumbency to undermine the possibility of a fair election.
No quid pro quo is necessary for this abuse of power to take place. In fact, Trump’s public appeal to China to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden is just as much an abuse of power as the Ukraine quid pro quo is. It is the president using his office to gain an electoral advantage not available to his rivals.
It follows that it’s no excuse to say the president is using a power granted by the Constitution. To the contrary: The abuse of power depends on possessing that power in the first place. To deploy presidential authority to gain partisan advantage is to abuse that authority.
Maybe we should get this out of the way first.
Now, let's adress the legality of the illegal president.
Trump’s Quid Pro Quo Is Unconstitutional
Obviously quid pro quo is a far cry from being nothingburger. It's something most Republicans will be hard pressed to justify, as long as their feet are held to the fire. Pelosi and Schiff need to fan the flames.
Never gonna happen....
Maybe we should get this out of the way first.
Now, let's adress the legality of the illegal president.
Trump’s Quid Pro Quo Is Unconstitutional
Obviously quid pro quo is a far cry from being nothingburger. It's something most Republicans will be hard pressed to justify, as long as their feet are held to the fire. Pelosi and Schiff need to fan the flames.
But, how does it violate The Constitution? Show us the article, section, clause, or amendment that's violated.
Maybe we should get this out of the way first.
Now, let's adress the legality of the illegal president.
Trump’s Quid Pro Quo Is Unconstitutional
Obviously quid pro quo is a far cry from being nothingburger. It's something most Republicans will be hard pressed to justify, as long as their feet are held to the fire. Pelosi and Schiff need to fan the flames.
There was no quid pro quo so this thread is moot. Or, if you prefer - a nothingburger.
There was no quid pro quo so this thread is moot. Or, if you prefer - a nothingburger.
But, how does it violate The Constitution? Show us the article, section, clause, or amendment that's violated.
Not according to Trump's White House Chief of Staff.
Mulvaney brashly admits quid pro quo over Ukraine aid
Maybe the Trumpies should get their stories straight. :2rofll:
But, how does it violate The Constitution? Show us the article, section, clause, or amendment that's violated.
But, how does it violate The Constitution? Show us the article, section, clause, or amendment that's violated.
That’s what Nixon said. :roll:Never gonna happen....
Nixon was dealing with an actual crime.That’s what Nixon said. :roll:
Yours and other Trumpsters in denial opinion are irrelevant to the reality of what’s actually happening. Hold each other’s hands and cry about the unfairness if it all, but stop expecting other rational people to listen to, or give a **** about, your delusion.There was no quid pro quo so this thread is moot. Or, if you prefer - a nothingburger.
I wonder how this Harvard professor applies his "fairness" reasoning to Hilary/DNC commissioning the Steele Dossier or using official assets to spy on the Trump campaign. At least CNN labeled it "OPINION".
Correction, “high crimes and misdemeanors”.Nixon was dealing with an actual crime.
And Mulvaney also said later there was no quid pro quo. CNN probably didn't cover that.
Obviously quid pro quo is a far cry from being nothingburger. It's something most Republicans will be hard pressed to justify, as long as their feet are held to the fire. Pelosi and Schiff need to fan the flames.
But, how does it violate The Constitution? Show us the article, section, clause, or amendment that's violated.
Mulvaney got blindsided. So what?"We did it!
No wait, we didn't do it! Yeah, that's it!"
Maybe we should get this out of the way first.
Now, let's adress the legality of the illegal president.
Trump’s Quid Pro Quo Is Unconstitutional
Obviously quid pro quo is a far cry from being nothingburger. It's something most Republicans will be hard pressed to justify, as long as their feet are held to the fire. Pelosi and Schiff need to fan the flames.
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