Reason Magazine
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A committee of the Texas House of Representatives recommended twenty articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Peter Bergen: We are in somewhat uncharted waters.
He says there have been only two impeachments in Texas history: a governor was impeached, but resigned before the Senate convicted him.
Bergen says Paxton could not be removed for conduct that occurred before November 2014.
Westlaw: Texas courts have far more permissive rules and open possibility concerning impeachment.
He says the public can forgive misconduct of an elected official if the public knows about it prior to the election.
Westlaw asks: Should the forgiveness doctrine apply to an official who is re-elected? Westlaw says the Senate would have to resolve this question of law.
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