Donald J. Trump has been impeached. He should be removed from office.

A layman’s understanding of the political crimes charged against the president

I have heard a lot of invocations of the founding fathers’ intent for the mechanism of impeachment. It was apparently feared that it could be used as a partisan tool, though the process is transparently political. The most rational way of understanding how impeachment works is that it is the political death sentence for a public servant when enforced, since an impeached officer is…