Five Things You Need to Know About Impeachment (RE-RELEASE)

Pantsuit Politics

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News Commentary, News, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 25 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Impeachment is a hot topic in the news right now. We'll be talking about it more on Tuesday's episode, but today we're covering the history, purpose, and process of impeachment. Resources About Impeachment: High Crimes and Misdemeanors House of Representatives: Impeachment 1993: Senate Impeachment Trial Powers Upheld Is Obstruction an Impeachable Offense? History Says Yes Can't get enough Pantsuit Politics? Come see us at Florence Christian Church in Florence, KY on April 27 for a discussion about how churches can lead and facilitate grace-filled political conversations. You can also buy Pantsuit Politics merch! We are so thankful to our wonderful patrons who support the show. If you'd like to join the ranks of our faithful supports and get access to bonus content, visit our Patreon page. Thanks to our sponsors: the American Beverage Association and Pact. Our book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening), is available! You can purchase it now - for yourself, for friends, for your representative, for your senator, for everyone! We appreciate all of you who are spreading the word about the book to your local bookstores, libraries, and social circles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sometimes democracy seems like not a great idea.
0:05.0	And I just have to tell myself, it's worth it.
0:09.4	We get things wrong and we just keep going.
0:12.0	We just keep moving forward even when we get things wrong.
0:15.0	This is Sarah from The Lett and Beth from The Right.
0:20.0	You're listening to Pantsuit Politics.
0:22.0	They're shouting, no insults, plenty of nuance.
0:25.0	Thank you for being here on this Friday as we do a policy introduction for you on Tuesday's episode.
0:44.0	We're going to continue our conversation about the fallout from the Mueller report and the hard decision spacing, particularly Democrats.
0:51.0	But I would argue that all of our representatives in Congress have some tough choices to make in light of the report.
0:57.0	So today we're going to share with you five things you need to know about the impeachment process.
1:03.0	And before we do, we sincerely invite you to join us tomorrow at my home church, Florence, Christian church, and Florence Kentucky.
1:10.0	That is Saturday, April 27.
1:13.0	We will be doing a public event to talk about our book.
1:16.0	I think you're wrong, but I'm listening a guy to Grace filled political conversation.
1:19.0	If you have not gotten yourself a copy of our book, we hope that you will do that.
1:23.0	And we'd love for you to join us there. All the details will be in our show notes.
1:28.0	All right, who's excited impeachment? Let's do it. We got five things.
1:31.0	Let's start at the beginning.
1:33.0	Impeachment has always been a controversial topic, including for the founding fathers.
1:38.0	During the process, it was a heavily debated by the framers.
1:42.0	They knew they wanted to impeach federal judges. That part wasn't controversial.
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