Impeachment To Be
Do Americans support impeaching Trump?
How accurate was your predication?
What story does the data tell?
Why do you think that is?
What is the most significant consequence of this?
Do you support impeaching Trump?
Do you think Trump will be impeached?
Explain how public opinion does NOT matter in the impeachment process?
Explain how public opinion does matter in the impeachment process?
On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Soon, the U.S. House will almost certainly vote to pass those two articles. And then things move to the U.S. Senate, what portion of the Senate must vote for Trump to be convicted and removed from office?
For Trump to be impeached, a number of Republican Senators would have to vote against him. Does that seem likely to you?
If you were opposed to a Trump impeachment what political action could you take that would be the most efficacious?
No matter how it turns out, how will this impeachment battle impact the 2020 POTUS election?
Explain the connection between impeachment and checks and balances?
Explain the connection between impeachment and federalism?
Imagine that Fox News did not exist. How would that impact the impeachment process?
Imagine that MSNBC did not exist. How would that impact the impeachment process?
If Trump is NOT impeached, what does that do to checks and balances envisioned by the Framers?
If Trump is NOT impeached, how will that impact foreign interference in the 2020 election?
A student who shall be referred to as “A-Dawg” said, “If Trump is impeached, the next president, no matter what they do, will be impeached.” Respond to this claim.
Alexander Hamilton wrote about impeachment and corruption in Federalist No. 65, “A well-constituted court for the trial of impeachments is an object not more to be desired than difficult to be obtained in a government wholly elective. The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust. They are of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be denominated POLITICAL, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself.” Based on this quote and your knowledge of American politics Explain why Hamilton and the Framers built impeachment into the Constitution?
What lesson do you think the American public will learn from this impeachment process?
How does partisanship impact views on impeachment (see below)?
Read one of the following editorials below: one against impeachment, the other for impeachment; then make a claim about which is the stronger argument.
