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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: combjelly who wrote (150346)	1/19/2020 12:11:30 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356350

High misdemeanor en.wikipedia.org Examples in English Law[ edit] A number of United Kingdom Statutes refer to particular crimes as being high misdemeanors: Discharging or aiming firearms, or throwing or using any offensive matter or weapon, with intent to injure or alarm the Sovereign [1]Where a Roman Catholic advises the Crown on the appointment to offices of the Established Church [2]Where a Jew advises the Crown on the appointment to offices of the Churches of England, Ireland and Scotland [3] Blackstone describes a number of offences as being high misdemeanors, for example: treasonable words receiving stolen goods prison break maladministration of high office firing of one's house in a town A number of statutory references to high misdemeanors have subsequently been repealed, including: The conviction of a returning officer for corrupt practices during an election to the Parliament of Ireland [4]

To: combjelly who wrote (150346)	1/19/2020 11:38:27 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By mistermj Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 356350

>>As noted before, there is no such thing as a "high misdemeanor". Of course there is. “High”, in that phrase, modifies both “crimes” and “misdemeanors”. This was a term used in English law of the era, and referred to a diverse list of crimes including treason, maladministration and prison breaks. >>Abuse of office is a high crime. Pretty much by definition. 25 CFR § 11.448 - Abuse of office, defines it as a misdemeanor, but I don’t know whether that would be the requisite high misdemeanor. However, nothing set out in the statute is anything Trump has been accused of doing or proved to have done. I have no idea if that statute is even applicable, but is clearly refutes your claim.