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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: John Lacelle who wrote (5925)9/28/1998 10:49:00 AM
From: Achilles  Read Replies (2) of 67261
 
>>The Founding Fathers (the guys who wrote the U.S. Constitution) intentionally left the wording of impeachable offenses vague because they knew that there would be no way they could predict what could be considered a "high crime, or misdemeanor" in the future.<<

Thanks John. I understand that it has been left rather vague, but surely you jest in suggesting that 'sleeping on the job' qualifies. (Is the comma that you have between 'high crimes' and 'misdemeanor' an error? It changes the meaning of the sentence.) It seems to me (and again I have little background in studying the American Constitution) that the entire point of saying that impeachment must be based on "treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors" is to state that not all crimes are sufficient for punishment, that there are some crimes and misdemeanors that are not 'high' enough to justify impeachment.
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