Impeachment is not an option

NY Times:

Ignoring Qualms, Republicans Dream of Impeachment

While most Republicans are focusing on attacking the budget and the Affordable Care Act, a few are weighing impeachment proceedings against President Obama.
While a good case can be made that Obama has violated his oath of office and has not "faithfully executed" the laws of the US including his own healthcare mess.  His treatment of immigration laws has been disgraceful.

The problem is that for an impeachment proceeding to be effective there must be a loss of political support for the President among those in his own party.  That is what happened to Nixon.  Democrats don't really care if Obama enforces the healthcare law or the immigration law.  They are complicit in his unconstitutional acts so at this point an impeachment effort would be futile and counter productive.  Andrew McCarthy does a nice job of discussing the legal framework for impeachment.

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