IMPEACHING U.S. PRESIDENTS
Thinking about the past attempts to impeach a U.S. President and I conclude that this clause in the U.S. Constitution is not just outdated and bad and a source of trouble but never was any good.
What are "high crimes and misdemeanors." I presume way back a couple centuries ago that meant something, but I doubt, since no President has ever actually been convicted (Nixon resigned, admirably I think so that the government could function even though he might not have been convicted and it is hard to see where the charges fit the Constitution anyway). So the definition has never had a proper court test to my knowledge and is almost meaningless.
Presidents who have the opposition party in control of the House constantly have to deal with impeachment any more, something intolerable, with someone calling for hearings all the time. American partisan politics is getting worse and worse and already just stinks.
To have effective government you must have a President who can do things "on the edge."
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