But most legal scholars disagree, including a law professor called by Republicans in the House investigation to argue against impeaching Trump. One of Trump’s lawyers, Alan Dershowitz, cited the same argument — that impeachment requires criminal-like — in his constitutionaldefence of the president. But legal scholars dispute the idea that the Founding Fathers ever intended for impeachable offences to require proof of a crime. But legal scholars and Democrats are decrying the claim that an impeachable offence must be an indictable crime. That was the very concern that led to Johnson’s impeachment in the first place.

Source: thestar January 28, 2020 01:07 UTC