Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Fact 2 : In 1868 , President Andrew Johnson became the 1st United States President to be impeached.

 
Did you know , No president thus far that has been impeached has been convicted ? Andrew Jackson was saved by ONE only vote and as for president Bill Clinton was supported by the democratic senate. Today , our current president Donald Trump is in his own impeachment situation. His actions of refusing to divest from his regular business visions which has placed him in violation of the United State's Constitution Foreign Emoluments Clause and Domestic Emoluments Clause. 

Currently the U.S president , Donald Trump is looking himself into an impeachment, The Legal Advisory Board provided us with some reasons of why Donald Trump should be impeache : obstruction of justice , violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause and Domestic Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution ,conspiring with others to: (a) commit crimes against the United States involving the solicitation and intended receipt by the Donald J. Trump campaign of things of value from a foreign government and other foreign nationals; and (b) conceal those violations,advocating illegal violence, giving aid and comfort to white supremacists and neo-Nazis, and undermining constitutional protections of equal protection under the law,abusing the pardon power,recklessly threatening nuclear war against foreign nations, undermining and subverting the essential diplomatic functions and authority of federal agencies, including the United States Department of State, and engaging in other conduct that grossly and wantonly endangers the peace and security of the United States, its people and people of other nations, by heightening the risk of hostilities involving weapons of mass destruction, with reckless disregard for the risk of death and grievous bodily harm, and far more reasons.


Our late President Andrew Jackson was impeached for specifically violating the tenure of office act ,  for firing the Secretary of war. This president also had problems by ,creating pet banks and transferring peoples money without congressional approval , creating the specie circular without approval that led to distress economically ,breaking 10th amendment , kicking native Americans out of their land.

 
Did you know Our president Donald Trump has hung a picture of Andrew Jackson right in his oval office? Many have noticed the stunning similarities these two have with one another. Mike Pence even mentioned " There hasn't been anything like this since Andrew Jackson" -referring to Donald Trump take of office. Both presidents ran a populist election campaign , being known aspolitical outsiders and conservatives  as well as strong personalities. Now,did Andrew's actions led him to deserve his impeachment? Does Donald trump deserve his potential impeachment ?
 Similarly , these two created toxic political environments, by using controversial rhetoric. These two impeachments have/had moved in a speed of light.Theseimpeachements are used as a way to amplify political differences and grievances during a polarization. Summing up , that the use of impeachment is a great injustice to the constitution is congress accusing a president of abuse of power while abusing their own power.
Besides , the stunning similarities personally and stylistic ways...Donald Trump's impeachment is much more deserved due to  a reshaping of American politics: a  partisan divide driven by movement activists, and a concentration of unilateral administrative power in the hands of modern presidents.Section 4 of Article II of the US Constitution states that "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." This part of our constitution is where the two presidents divide. Andrew Jackson DID NOT Fail to this , but as for Donald Trump , evidence proves otherwise.
.Both  presidents came into the presidency with a strong public support having a slogan of change and removal of the corrupt political regime of the country.Making  comparisons between political cultures separated by two centuries leads us into an innacuarte presentation between the two.

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