It pays to read the history. The impeachment power was based on British practice, which allowed impeaching former officers, as did Founding era states. The Hastings precedent, for example, was cited at the convention & the model of the "high crimes & misdemeanors" language. https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1353815752403517443 …
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You’ve served to remind me that muting Sean years ago has brought great blessing to my life. Thank you.
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@seanmdav my complete analysis, which should make very clear to him where his logic breaks down: https://digitalcommons.law.msu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&context=facpubs … I wrote it in 2001, so I’m pretty sure it was not influenced by my (or anyone else’s) opinions about Donald Trump.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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And you did not oversell it: "The wisdom of impeaching Trump after he has left office may be debatable, but while the question is a close one, the better originalist reading of the Constitution is that [it] is . . . in the hands of Congress."
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