> Congress already appropriates itself the powers and privileges of judge, jury and executioner in the case of presidential impeachment. This seems badly mista

> Congress already appropriates itself the powers and privileges of judge, jury and executioner in the case of presidential impeachment. This seems badly mistaken to me on two counts: - Congress doesn't appropriate itself the powers. The Constitution assigns those powers to Congress. - The powers and privileges of Congress, in the case of Presidential Impeachment aren't so much "judge, jury, and executioner" as much as they are "HR representative making a firing decision". Presidential Impeachment removes the President from Office, but it does not "execute" them, "put them in jail", or even attach any civil or criminal penalties to them. Less "executioner" and more "firing manager".