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Quotes About Impeach

In 2010 and 2012, I won the Democratic nomination in the 22nd Congressional District on the program 'Save NASA Impeach Obama,' without any organizational or financial backing from the party.
~ Kesha Rogers
The same Republicans who had threatened to impeach Hillary Clinton remained silent when, immediately after his surprise victory, Trump refused to abide by laws about emoluments or nepotism, openly profiting from the presidency and filling the White House with personal relatives.
~ Heather Cox Richardson
Rhetoric is the counterpart of logic; since both are conversant with subjects of such a nature as it is the business of all to have a certain knowledge of, and which belong to no distinct science. Wherefore all men in some way participate of both; since all, to a certain extent, attempt, as well to sift, as to maintain an argument; as well to defend themselves, as to impeach.
~ Aristotle
Government: A good government should always have the power to impeach, but never need to.
~ Ryan Pack
The Saviour of mankind Himself, in whose blameless life malice could find no act to impeach, has been called in question for words spoken.
~ Thomas B. Macaulay
police know that even if they intentionally violate Miranda and the statements gained are not admissible, the information obtained still can be used in other ways against the suspect. Subsequent Supreme Court decisions allow the statements to be used for other purposes—such as to impeach a criminal defendant at trial34 or to lead to physical evidence that can be admitted.35
~ Erwin Chemerinsky
Harris v. New York that a statement obtained without complying with Miranda could be used to impeach a criminal defendant who took the witness stand.
~ Erwin Chemerinsky
Although Cheney and a few other Republicans broke with the president and voted to impeach, most did not.
~ Julian E. Zelizer
I think probably, you know, from my perspective, the folks who say a sitting president cannot be indicted have the better of the argument that the president can't be indicted - put, you know, through a criminal trial while he is president - and that the proper way to do it is to impeach him first, remove him, and then seek criminal prosecution.
~ Neal Katyal
I feel I have a great responsibility to be an active Latina. I've been rallying for DACA, and in the summer, I'll be rallying again so that people are aware that if certain senators are elected they can help impeach Donald Trump.
~ Eiza Gonzalez
It's time to impeach the president and get a man in there to get us out of this mess.
~ Bruce Springsteen
I am come to warn you. I am come to impeach your happiness. It is fashioned out of the misery of your neighbour. You have everything, and that is composed of the nothing of others… As for me, I am but a voice. Mankind is a mouth, of which I am the cry. You shall hear me!
~ Victor Hugo
1) all presidents use power in controversial ways; (2) it is improper to impeach based on mere partisan disagreement; and (3) there are many kinds of misconduct that can justify impeachment.
~ Laurence H. Tribe
in the improbable event that the president attempts to pardon himself for committing federal crimes (which likely would be unlawful), he can't thereby preclude his own impeachment.
~ Laurence H. Tribe
I did not come to Congress to impeach the President. But I took an oath to protect our country and defend the Constitution.
~ Conor Lamb
At the end of the day, you can't impeach somebody over obstruction of justice where you use the wrong legal standard, a legal standard that doesn't exist.
~ John Ratcliffe
The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don't apply to the private sector. The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations. The Freedom of Information Act doesn't apply to Silicon Valley. And you can't impeach Google if it breaks its 'Don't be evil' campaign pledge.
~ Al Franken
As Burbank points out, relations between the branches are governed as much by norms and customs as by formal structures. The Constitution permits Congress to impeach and remove federal judges, for example, but the norm is that impeachment is reserved for criminal behavior or serious ethical lapses, and not for judicial rulings with which members of Congress disagree.
~ Unknown
May I now pass on to this Congress advice which I received recently from a fellow Vermonter - Either impeach him or get off his back.
~ Howard Aiken