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Donald Trump has been acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial. Over a century ago, House managers thought they had established a precedent, that "the purpose of the constitutional clauses providing for impeachment were not simply to remove a person from office but to purify government, prevent future crimes and give warning to those who would attempt crimes," writes Richard White. The founders also "believed as a matter of civic principle that ethical leadership is the glue that holds a constitutional republic together," Eli Merritt says. |
Most Republicans today appear to disagree. With Saturday's vote, "they finally forfeited any claim to virtue or to 'values,' a word that had long been their mantra. They irrevocably lost all rights to lecture voters on such things," writes columnist Frank Bruni. |
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