Politician on a Lie Detector

TTKSpectre: I think we fix Congress tonight. Impeaching Bidden and the Camel will take a few months longer.

SHAWNTHOR: For one, being incompetent. The man is waayyyy out of touch, and very confused a lot of the times.

US_Constitution: Article II, Section 4:

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

jac_the_gripper: The Framers also rejected a proposal made during the Constitutional Convention to include—in addition to treason and bribery16—"maladministration" as an impeachable offense, which would have presumably incorporated a broad range of common-law offenses.17 Although "maladministration" was a ground for impeachment in many state constitutions at the time of the Constitution’s drafting,18 the Framers instead adopted the term "high Crimes and misdemeanors" from English practice. James Madison, at the Constitutional Convention, objected to the inclusion of "maladministration" as grounds for impeachment because such a vague impeachment standard would "be equivalent to a tenure during pleasure of the Senate."19 Immediately thereafter, the Convention voted to include "high crimes and misdemeanors" instead.20 Arguably, the Framers’ rejection of such a broad term supports the view that congressional disagreement with a President’s policy goals is not sufficient grounds for impeachment.21



'Incompetence', or inability to discharge the powers and duties of a president comes under the 25th Amendment, doesn't it? It's not an impeachable/criminal offense to be unwell, or a bit rubbish at your job, anymore than having a different opinion is.