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Impeachment: to charge with crime or misdemeanor; to cast doubt on; congress has authority to
remove the president upon determination that such officers have engaged in high crimes and
misdemeanors
Stop: To close up or block off
Inquiry: a request for information; a systematic investigation often of a matter of public interest
Should: used in auxiliary function to express condition, used in auxiliary function to express obligation,
propriety, or expendiency
According to US legal code, he has committed treason; sets precedent for future leaders; he has
committed “high crimes”
Trump has said that he has a wonderful relationship w/ Kim Jong Un and said he wouldn’t let the CIA spy
on the North Korean despot
18 U.S. 2381 defines treason as “whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against
them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is
guilty of treason.”
Sets a precedent for future leaders to continue to break the law
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Trump has tried to get Comey to drop an investigation into National Security Advisor Michael
Flynn
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The Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause prohibits the president
from accepting personal benefits from any foreign government or
official.
Thus, every time a foreign official stays at a Trump hotel, or a foreign
government approves a new Trump Organization project, or grants a
trademark, Trump is in violation of the Constitution.
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For example: shortly after he was sworn into office, the Chinese
government
gave preliminary approval to 38 trademarks of Trump’s name. Then, in
June, China approved nine Donald Trump trademarks they had
previously rejected.
Legal: of or relating to law
Victims of climates change- who are the victims?
Poor air quality can affect respiratory systems
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Not all caused my climate change, look at Flint where the gov’t was responsible
We cause pollution to air quality everyday by driving cars, smoking
Talked about how it affects everyone as a whole and not why they should seek legal recourse
Those: companies in charge of climate change should compensate
Accept climate change and legal
Recourse: a source of health or strength
Cause significant economic effects, 30 oil and gas companies in S&P 500
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Could cause stock decline, which leads to recession, which the last recession we saw people
losing jobs, homes
There are current cases against large companies
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Victims going against those large corps could go bankrupt
Cases are not going to fix what has already happened
Extreme weather changes happen over large periods of time, look at the ice age
Causing a need for more energy therefore there is a need for the energy companies to stay in control
and the lack of them would crash the market
The resources that are taken are used by us everyday; the time that it would take to transition into new
resources
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