By Louis Freedberg, EdSource, December 17, 2019
The expected impeachment by the House of Representatives of President Donald Trump, and the trial that will follow in the Senate, is offering teachers of American government a rare “teachable moment” to inform their students about some of the more arcane aspects of democracy in the United States.
But beyond the mechanics of the impeachment, a procedure invoked only three times in U.S. history, what exactly is this moment teaching our children?
It’s teaching them that the rule of law in the United States is vulnerable to a president who chooses to simply impede and reject efforts by House committees to uncover facts from administration officials and others that they need to consider or frame articles of impeachment.
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