It is critical to impeach Trump the day after he loses

[jmowreader]

The Constitution says a president’s pardon power is unlimited except in cases of impeachment..

Trump’s plan if he loses will be to either attempt a self-pardon (which is arguably illegal, in that you can’t be your own judge) or to resign so Pence can pardon him. If he’s under impeachment for tax evasion, money laundering, fomenting insurrection, 250,000 cases of negligent homicide, campaign finance violations, and whatever else we can hit him with, he can’t be pardoned for those things.

[RockRaven]

1. That is not the consensus interpretation of what that text means.

It means a POTUS can't get rid of an impeachment via pardon.

[jmowreader]

2. There have been so few impeachments in this nation...

...the scope of that clause really hasn’t been tested.

[Chainfire]

7. It would end up in the Supreme Court.

How do you think that will work out?

[PTWB]

3. It means he cant reverse an impeachment via pardon.

It doesn't mean that he can't pardon while the House is discussing impeaching him or while the Senate is voting not to convict him.

[tritsofme]

4. That's not how that works.

Trump’s pardon power was clearly not limited while he was previously under impeachment from the House, nor would it be after November.

This clause means that the president’s pardon power does not allow him to end or reverse impeachment proceedings, nothing more.

[FakeNoose]

5. Pelosi and Schumer are not going to tip their hand

... but we can bet they've looked at a lot of different scenarios.

I don't see the value of us speculating when we need to KEEP CALM and GET OUT THE VOTE.

[beachbumbob]

6. Worthless effort

[Chainfire]

8. You got that right

The same assholes in the Senate would continue to protect him.

We have to vote him out, and let his legal chips fall where they fall. New York wants him, let them have him. The only way he can remain invulnerable once out of office is to flee the country.