Senators would be wise to consider Morris’s wisdom — and draw inspiration from his ability to change his mind — as they make their final judgments on the case for Trump’s impeachment. Perhaps most important, although Trump’s defense counsel have missed it, he was someone who changed his mind when he heard new evidence and powerful arguments. And impeachment was one of the issues about which Morris changed his mind during the course of the convention. Dershowitz and others on Trump’s defense team have eagerly repeated Morris’s initial ideas about impeachment to suggest that much of the president’s conduct should be beyond the reach of the impeachment process. But by ignoring Morris’s evolution on this issue, they provide a misleading case about the Founders’ views on impeachment.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2020 08:15 UTC