The Case Against the Democratic House Impeaching Trump

One of America's most celebrated lawyers and a Democrat explains why impeachment proceedings would be a bad idea for America―and only intensify the larger problem with our democracy. In the 2018 New York Times bestseller The Case Against Impeaching Trump , Alan Dershowitz lamented how American political discourse has devolved into hypocrisy and the criminalization of political differences in the rush to impeach President Donald Trump. Arguments to impeach Trump failed Dershowitz's "shoe on the other foot test," or his political golden rule: Democratz must do unto Republicans what they would have Republicans do unto them, and vice versa. Since then, we've only become more divided―and the impeachment power wielded by the new Democratic majority in the House of Representative threatens to further polarize the country. The Case Against the Democratic House Impeaching Trump includes and expands upon Dershowitz's... **One of America's most celebrated lawyers and a Democrat explains why impeachment proceedings would be a bad idea for America―and only intensify the larger problem with our democracy.** In the 2018 bestseller , Alan Dershowitz lamented how American political discourse has devolved into hypocrisy and the criminalization of political differences in the rush to impeach President Donald Trump. Arguments to impeach Trump failed Dershowitz's "shoe on the other foot test," or his political golden rule: Democratz must do unto Republicans what they would have Republicans do unto them, and vice versa. Since then, we've only become more divided―and the impeachment power wielded by the new Democratic majority in the House of Representative threatens to further polarize the country. __The Case Against the Democratic House Impeaching Trump__