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But just as liberals are invoking the founding fathers to press for impeachment, more moderate Democrats, whose districts will most likely control who is in the majority after next years elections, are doing the same to urge caution.

I believe, ultimately, what the founders created for us in our democracy is clear: When you disagree with someones approach or believe he or she is abusing the Constitution, you vote them out, said Representative Josh Gottheimer, a centrist Democrat from New Jersey. You could impeach them, if it merits it, or you can beat them with better ideas and a better approach.

The founders left the definition of high crimes and misdemeanors the criteria for impeachment, along with more specific offenses like treason and bribery open to interpretation. And the report from Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, did not provide clear guidance.

The challenge is that the Mueller investigation did a data dump onto the American public and Congress, and the data dump suggests obstruction of justice, which would satisfy the requirement of high crimes and misdemeanors, said Timothy Naftali, a New York University historian and an author of the recent book Impeachment: An American History. But the prosecutors didnt say it, and the Justice Department isnt saying it. And so its up to Congress to decide.

Representative Mary Gay Scanlon, a freshman Democrat from Pennsylvania, has been thrown back to her days as a teenager watching the Watergate hearings and the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon unfold. She said she wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about the Mueller report.

If were just looking at the facts, then we have the same facts that led to the impeachment of Richard Nixon in terms of obstruction of justice, misleading the public, hiding evidence and suggesting the creation of false evidence, said Ms. Scanlon, the vice chairwoman of the Judiciary Committee.

But, she added, there is also a political calculation. What are the politics of initiating an impeachment if the Republican-led majority in the Senate doesnt believe that this type of conduct warrants impeachment?

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