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Sorry to continue the off-topic thread, but two thoughts came to mind
here.
It was Churchill who said that democracy was the worst form of
government...except for all the others.
Regarding impeachment, the main standards are treason and 'high crimes
and misdemeanors'. The latter phrase has never been defined, but comes
from English common law, where it clearly referred to immoral behavior
which weakened the authority of the person in question.
An easy example is a president who turns out to be a drunkard (ala
Yeltsin?). As originally conceived, moral turpitude of the sort admitted
here would certainly have applied, although times change. The issue
could turn on things like the potential for blackmail of the president,
or the abuse of his power to have sex with a subordinate.
JMO
Dan Goncharoff
A.J. Carisse wrote:
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> Ken Macht wrote:
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> > All government is bad; the United States has the good fortune to have the
> > best form. History demonstrates this continually.
>
> Don't want to get off topic TOO much <g>, but while I'd say that the U.S. form
> of government (republican democracy) is probably the best form currently in
> practice, this doesn't mean that it is the best form, especially if reasonable
> justification is to be the standard here (as it should be). The major problem
> is that it abrogates the rights of citizens, to a great extent, on the basis of
> popularity. All forms of democracy are essentially based upon of subjugation
> to gang force.
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