America’s Democrats have made a serious mistake by launching impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, writes Eric PosnerDonald Trump, Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon. America’s Democrats have made a serious mistake by launching impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. Many people worried that the Clinton impeachment would damage the presidency, but its main impact on presidential power was the opposite. Impeachment proceedings, unlike judicial proceedings, are a cumbersome mechanism for developing evidence. House Democrats from more liberal districts fear that they will be defeated in primaries by more forcefully anti-Trump challengers.

Source: Irish Examiner October 02, 2019 23:03 UTC