Impeachment 704 by Emily Sheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704 Objective: I can contextualize and explain impeachment en-us 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC 2025-09-25 06:14:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218403 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218403 1. What does this chart indicate about partisanship in the impeachment process? mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218404 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218404 2. Based on this data, how might the Framers (Founding Fathers) respond to the use of impeachment in United States history? mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218405 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218405 3. What conclusions might you draw based on the outcome of the impeachment and removal votes in each of these cases? mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218406 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218406 4. To what extent does partisanship necessitate the roles of both houses of Congress in this process? mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218408 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218408 mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218409 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218409 Sentence starters mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218410 I believe impeachment is  _________________because________...

I believe impeachment is _________________, but___________... ]]> 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218410 mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218411 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218411 1. Why did the founding fathers include the vague term “high crimes and misdemeanors?” mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218412 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218412 2. How are the roles of the House and Senate similar and/or different? How does this uphold the idea of checks and balances? mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218413 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218413 Sentence starter mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218414 I most agree with the reasons stated by ________________________ because…
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2._________________________________]]> 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218414 I) Historical Context: The Constitutional Convention mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218415 On September 8, 1787, George Mason rose to ask his fellow delegates a question of historic importance.  Mason asked, “Why were treason and bribery the only grounds in the draft Constitution for impeaching the president?”  Treason, he warned, wouldn’t include “attempts to subvert the Constitution.” After a sharp back-and-forth with fellow Virginian James Madison, Mason came up with an additional category of impeachable offenses: “other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Americans have debated the meaning of this decidedly open-ended phrase ever since. ]]> 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218415 II) Which Founding Father do you most agree with? mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218416 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218416 G. Morris, PA: mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218417 “[If the president] should be re-elected, that will be sufficient proof of his innocence…[Impeachment] will render the Executive dependent on those who are to impeach.”]]> 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218417 G. Mason, VA: mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218418 “Shall any man be above justice? Shall that man be above it who can commit the most extensive injustice?... Shall the man who has practiced corruption, and by that means procured his appointment in the first instance, be suffered to escape punishment by repeating his guilt?”]]> 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218418 J. Madison,VA: mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218419 “It is indispensable that some provision be made for defending the community against incapacity, negligence, or perfidy of the chief magistrate. The limitation of the period of his service is not a sufficient security. He might lose his capacity after his appointment. He might pervert his administration into a scheme of peculation or oppression. He might betray his trust to foreign powers.” ]]> 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218419 E. Randolph, VA: mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218420 “The Executive will have great opportunities of abusing his power…particularly in time of war, when the military force, and in some respects the public money, will be in his hands.” ]]> 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218420 E. Gerry, MA: mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218421 “A good magistrate will not fear [impeachments]. A bad one ought to be kept in fear of them.” ]]> 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218421 B. Franklin, PA: mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218422 “What was the practice before in cases where the chief magistrate rendered himself obnoxious? Why, recourse was had to assassination in which he was not only deprived of his life but of the opportunity of vindicating his character. It would be the best way therefore to provide in the Constitution for the regular punishment of the Executive where his misconduct should deserve it, and for his honorable acquittal when he should be unjustly accused.”]]> 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218422 How do the clips in this video explain impeachment and partisanship (prejudice in favor of a particular cause; bias)? mssheft https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218423 2019-12-20 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426218423 Kenneth https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247450 I most agree with the reasons stated by E.Gerry ,MA. I think this because if your a good magistrate you should not be scared of getting impeached. Also if your worry about getting impeached you know your job is at risk because your not confident about the situation. ]]> 2019-12-20 14:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247450 John Munoz 👍🏻 https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247497 I mostly agree with the reasons G.mason because it talks about his consequences of doing these things and what should be treated/fairness.]]> 2019-12-20 14:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247497 Sincere Banks https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247563 I understand G.Mason the most because it talks about punishments and fairness.]]> 2019-12-20 14:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247563 🐺🦊Aurora Rodriguez🦊🐺 https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247812 I most agree with the reasons stated by E. Randolph, VA because he explained how someone in the office would abuse his power during the time of war. And because of when he states that the president will have many opportunities to manipulate his power, which leads him to have the right to be impeached.]]> 2019-12-20 14:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247812 https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247879 🛡💣🌠🌠Alonzo Munden🌠🌠🛡💣
   
I agree with G because one that how some impeached president act they think their above the law that they can break it which out any justice and will keep doing it because of guilt. ]]> 2019-12-20 14:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247879 𝓓𝓮𝓵𝔂𝓼𝓮 https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247940 I most agree with the reasons stated by E. Gerry, MA, because 
1)If you actually done something bad then you should be scared 
2) if you didn’t then you should have nothing to worry about ]]> 2019-12-20 14:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426247940 Kamari Sinclair 😛💗 https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248323 I most agree with G.Mason,VA because if the president makes a mistake then he should get a consequence because just because he’s the president that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t get a consequence because that wouldn’t be fair. Also just in general that wouldn’t be fair because everyone gets a consequence so why not the president.]]> 2019-12-20 14:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248323 Lelend Rivera https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248338 I agree with george Madison rose, MA. I agree with him because if you Do something bad like bribery to be a president you should get impeached. That means that you just cheated.]]> 2019-12-20 14:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248338 Ashley mayorga-martínez https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248371 I most agree with E. Gerry, MA]]> 2019-12-20 14:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248371 Andrew Cruz https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248639 I agree with e because it’s the best option ]]> 2019-12-20 14:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248639 Michelle https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248667 I mostly agree with E. Gerry, MA because a good magistrate wouldn’t be scared of impeachment if they didn’t do anything bad and if you’re a bad you should have fear because of the bad things you’ve done.]]> 2019-12-20 14:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248667 Alyssa🤔🤓 https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248754 I most agree with the reasons stated by E Gerry ma because he has done really bad things in his life time ]]> 2019-12-20 14:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248754 Kareli https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248965 I agree with E. I agree with E because they made a point if your a good president you shouldn’t have to fear impeachment or anything bad happening now if your a bad president you would have to worry about things like these happening .]]> 2019-12-20 14:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426248965 ᗩᗰEIᒪY ᗪIᗩᘔ https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426250731 I agree with B. Franklin, PA because I believe that it states good facts about how the president show deserve his punishment.]]> 2019-12-20 14:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426250731 Devin v https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426250937 I agree with E. Gerry MA because he gives a couple statements that a bad one should live in fear of impeachment and that makes sense because of what Donald trump did. I also agree with the other statement that if he is innocent then he should not be at all afraid of the court case.]]> 2019-12-20 14:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426250937 Sincere Banks https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252344 The founding fathers include the vague term, high crimes and misdemeanors because the president is supposed to prevent crimes and keep the country safe at all means. The roles of house and senate are similar and different because, they both decide whether or not the president should be impeached.]]> 2019-12-20 14:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252344 Kamari Sinclair 😋😽💘 https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252468 1. They included that section because people can accuse the president of doing many crimes and bad things.
2. The similarity is that they both work together to find out if a president should be impeached or not ]]> 2019-12-20 14:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252468 John Munoz https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252644 1. ]]> 2019-12-20 14:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252644 Priseis Archer🐢🦟🦗🐀🐀 https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252662 I agree with J. Madison,VA because she’s talking about how people can earn power and then just abuse it.]]> 2019-12-20 14:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252662 🌪🌸𝓓𝓮𝓵𝔂𝓼𝓮🌸🌪 https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252708 1)The founding fathers included the vague term “high crimes and misdemeanors” because some of the crimes that they did were very serious but also small,  either way they shouldn’t get away with any crimes. They could also be unsure whether the crime that  the president did is a huge crime or a misdemeanor. 
2)The roles of the House and Senate are similar because they work to together to find out if a president should be impeached or not. And, if they don’t work together to impeach a president, then a president could commit serious crimes without any consequences.
]]> 2019-12-20 14:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252708 Lelend Rivera https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252742 1: the father included that because some presidents might start crimes and be bad at there jobs so that’s why they were like crimes and misdemeanors.
2: the roles of the house senate are different because the senate tells us what to do and we follow and we give them ideas and we do it.]]> 2019-12-20 14:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252742 Kenneth arroyo https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252899 1They included the “ high crimes and misdemeanors” because there were crimes that were very bad and some that were not so bad also to see if the president should still have the job. 
2 They are similar because they work to find out if a president should be impeached. ]]> 2019-12-20 14:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252899 Alyssa🎄♐️ https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252905 2019-12-20 14:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426252905 😯🎮🥴Alonzo Munden https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426254097 I think the government we’re vague because one they didn’t really no how impeachment really should gonna be like two they really don’t want it to happen so that’s why it so vague.
Q2 The house and the senate are similar because they both have the power of impeachment.

]]> 2019-12-20 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426254097 🐺🦊Aurora Rodriguez🦊🐺 (Question 1) https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426254232 The founding fathers included the vague term “high crimes and misdemeanors” because there are many things that they could possibly accuse Donald J. Trump of.]]> 2019-12-20 14:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426254232 Ameily Diaz https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426254581 I believe that the father’s include the Vague term of  “high crimes and misdemeanors”  because it probably shows example of what you can do as a president to get a impeachment.]]> 2019-12-20 14:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426254581 Ashley mayorga-martínez https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426254788 2019-12-20 15:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426254788 Devin V https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255032 The founding fathers used that vague term to understand that crime of the high rarity should be punished sufficiently by impeachment to a guilty president. House of Representatives and the senates jobs are similar because the house can impeach and the senate can put a president on trial for impeachment.]]> 2019-12-20 15:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255032 Priseis Archer🐢😌🦟🐀🐀 https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255214 They used those terms because people who are more superior think they can abuse their power.]]> 2019-12-20 15:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255214 John Munoz https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255310 1. They included vague in high because they didn’t really know what impeachment go like and prevent crimes.

2. And the roles of the house and senate because to find out president should be impeached or not.]]> 2019-12-20 15:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255310 Michelle https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255354 1) The founding fathers include the vague term "high crimes and misdemeanors" because some presidents has done bad crimes.

2) The House of Representatives has the power to impeach a president and the senate has time type of power of impeachment.]]> 2019-12-20 15:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255354 Andrew Cruz https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255460 1. They had said that and created it because they probably did it and did not want nobody else running or future president would not do it 
2. The House of Representatives has the power to impeach a president and the senate has the power to take them to court ]]> 2019-12-20 15:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255460 🐺🦊Aurora Rodriguez🦊🐺 (Question 2) https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255618 The difference between the House and the Senate is that the house impeached the president but the senate takes the impeachment a step further.]]> 2019-12-20 15:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255618 Kareli https://padlet.com/mssheft/impeachment704/wish/426255885 They included this part because some presidents have went against the law . 

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