GOP's 'dereliction of duty' impeachment argument gets skeptical reviews

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Republicans eager to impeach a Biden administration official have rallied around a new phrase to justify the rarely used move, accusing President Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of “dereliction of duty.”

The term, borrowed from the military, allows a court martial to punish service members who fail to obey orders or carry out their duties.

But experts say the GOP’s basis for removing either man from office is an odd fit for impeachment, which requires demonstrating high crimes or misdemeanors.

“It sounds quasi-official — it has a sort of military ring to it. But it’s not as though high crimes and misdemeanors and dereliction of duty go together. … It’s not traditionally one of the impeachment concepts that you would find in the panoply of presidential mistakes,” said Claire Finkelstein, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania who specializes in national security law and democratic governance.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-dereliction-duty-impeachment-argument-210000623.html

[Skittles]

1. omfg

REPUBLICANS - whining about DERELICTION OF DUTY - LOLOLOLOL THAT THEY ALL THEY FUCKING DO

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Dereliction of Duty/violation of oath is an impeachable highcrime

As was discussed during Trump’s impeachments, no statutory violations are required for impeachment. Congress can impeach for whatever reason it has the political will to attempt.

This congress, as crazy as it is, won’t be able to muster enough votes to pass articles of impeachment. There are 18 GOP reps in districts that Biden carried, and they aren’t going to vote for impeachment unless they were already contemplating retiring from congress.

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3. +1

It doesn't even have to be true, and even if it were true (like TFG using the withholding of government aid to get a political favor from a foreign government or trying to become dictator), there is not an impartial jury.

[OldBaldy1701E]

4. Really?

This is the hill they want to die on this time? Okay, lets do an in-depth study into the job descriptions of each government position and then examine whether or not the person holding it is doing that job. I don't think that this will work out well for the rethugs.