Let’s talk about Impeachment, and consider if this still a Distraction, as Nancy Pelosi and moderate Democrats might argue, or is it Important — so important and so urgent that risking losing marginal Democratic seats in 2020, such as the Kansas-3rd District, where I live, or even, worst case, losing to Trump for a second term — the principle of Checks and Balances in our Constitution requires the Legislature — our House of Representatives — when dominated by the opposition, to hold the Executive to account for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” That is the position of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and about 40% of the House Democrats.

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