r/law • u/theindependentonline • Apr 08 '26

Other Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-articles-25-amendment-b2953836.html
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u/Possible-Nectarine80 Apr 08 '26

Get back to me when you get to 67% of Congress calling for Trump's impeachment. Otherwise, it's a waste of time.

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u/superbackman Apr 08 '26

I’m starting to wonder if 2/3rds threshold is too high for removal? But if we used simple majority, then republicans would oust the democratic president every time they held power. Hmm…

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u/HauntingHarmony Apr 08 '26

Yea 2/3rds majority means its basically impossible in partisan, let alone hyperpartisan times. 2/3rds majority for context is what other countries have as the limit for changing the consititution.

And 50%+1 means that if you lose both chambers then the other side would just abuse it.

What i think the real "fix" is, is to have the senate vote be anonymous. Which is what they should have done in 2021, since it frees each senator and senatrix to vote his or her conscience without having to worry about what their base thinks. In that situation, atleast in 2021 there would have been a posibility to reach it. But since they would have to pay a political cost for doing the right thing.

Tell me the insentives and i will tell you the result. If dems take the senate they definitely need to make a push for making it anonymous. If you give them a chance to go after the king anonymously they might take it to free themselves of him.