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    1. I am curious about your list of non-crime things that would be legitimate grounds for impeachment, @benjaminwittes, e.g. shouting obscenities or menacing UK with subs in international waters. lawfareblog.com/how-can-president-obstruct-justice CC @JoshMBlackman /1
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    @benjaminwittes @JoshMBlackman On one hand, impeachment is a political act, so arguably anything a majority of the House is willing to impeach a president over is sufficient grounds. But it does not appear that the Framers wanted maladministration of govt to be a cause for that step. lawfareblog.com/how-can-president-obstruct-justice /2
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      @benjaminwittes @JoshMBlackman So is your subs example something more than that? (Your obscenities example seems more like a 25th Amendment issue.) /3
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        @benjaminwittes @JoshMBlackman That aside, isn't the legal question best framed as whether the obstruction of justice statutes, as applied to a corruptly motivated act of DOJ supervision/firing, fall within or outside the Morrison v. Olson space of permissible congressional limitation of presidential power?
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