ON DECEMBER 18, 2019, DONALD TRUMP became the third President to be impeached in the United States House of Representatives. The two previous Presidents were Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. (Richard Nixon faced impeachment but resigned before the House could act.) The articles of impeachment now move to the Senate, where a trial will be held to determine whether Trump should be removed from office. The House vote was along party lines (230 Democrats to 197 Republicans). Republicans control the Senate (53 to 47), and if the vote is on party lines, the impeachment motion against Trump will fail. This is what happened in the case of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. So far, no U.S. President has been removed from office by congressional action. It is unlikely that Trump will be the first to be ejected from the post.
The Judiciary Committee of theU.S.Houseproduced a 658-page report, which made the case for the impeachment of Trump. The main accusation in it is that he attempted to make a quid pro quo deal with the newly elected President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump, the evidence suggests, told Zelensky that he wanted an investigation of corruption into the activities of Hunter Biden, son of former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden, in Ukraine. Joe Biden is running in the Democratic primaries to face Trump in the November 2020 presidential election. Trump, it appeared, wanted to damage his prospects.
At around the same time, the U.S. government withheld military aid to Ukraine. The entire impeachment allegation hinges on the evidence that the U.S. military aid was being used as leverage to get Zelensky to provide Trump with an advantage for his re-election. If this was the case, then there was a quid pro quo; if Trump gained materially from his exercise of power, then he would be guilty of corruption (“Trial and error”, Frontline, December 20, 2019).
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How Not To Handle An Epidemic
The lockdowns were meant to buy time to put in place appropriate health measures and contain the coronavirusâ spread, but they have failed to achieve the objective and heaped immense misery on the marginalised sections of society. India is still in the exponential phase of the COVID-19 infection and community transmission is a reality that the government refuses to accept.
Tragedy on foot
As the COVID-19-induced lockdown cuts the ground beneath their feet in Tamil Nadu, thousands of migrant workers are trudging along the highway to the relative safety of their upcountry homes.
Sarpanchs as game changers
Odisha manages to keep COVID-19 well under control because of the strong participation of panchayati raj institutions and the community at the grass-roots level under the leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Scapegoating China
As the COVID-19 death rate spikes and the economy tanks in the United States, Donald Trump and his advisers target China and the World Health Organisation with an eye to winning the forthcoming presidential election.
New worries
Keralaâs measured approach to the pandemic and lockdown has yielded results. But it still has to grapple with their huge economic impact on its economy, which it feels the Centreâs special financial relief package does little to alleviate.
No love lost for labour
Taking advantage of the lockdown and the inability of workers to organise protests, many State governments introduce sweeping changes to labour laws to the detriment of workers on the pretext of reviving production and boosting the economy.
Capital's Malthusian moment
In a world that needs substantial reorienting of production and distribution, Indian capital is resorting to a militant form of moribund neoliberalism to overcome its current crisis. In this pursuit of profit, it is ready and willing to throw into mortal peril millions whom it adjudicates as not worth their meansâan admixture of social Darwinism born of capitalâs avarice and brutalism spawned by Hindutva. .
Understanding migration
When governments and their plans are found to be blatantly wanting in addressing reverse migration, exercises such as the Ekta Parishadâs survey of migrant workers throughout India can be useful to work out creative long-lasting solutions.
Waiting for Jabalpur moment
The Supreme Courtâs role in ensuring executive accountability during the ongoing lockdown leaves much to be desired. Standing in shining contrast is the record of some High Courts.
An empty package
The Modi regime, which has been unable to control the COVID-19 infection, restore economic activity and provide relief to millions exposed to starvation, trains its sights on Indian democracy, making use of the panic generated by fear and a lockdown that forecloses paths of resistance.
