Tiger Knowledge: Impeachment

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Impeachment. What is it? According to Walter Fowler, a Sophomore at Orem High School, “It doesn’t necessarily mean that someone is kicked out of office, it just means they are able to be charged with any crime they have committed. Often, if impeached, the guilty party will either be kicked out of office or resign. One exception to the rule was Bill Clinton.”.

Others definitions were more vague like this one from a Junior, “Impeachment is when the President’s time being the president is discontinued by Congress with good, solid reasons and evidence.”

Senior, Darick Cochrane said, “Impeachment is when the citizens feel that the President of the United States failed their duty to the country. This can apply to anyone in a leadership position.”

All of these definitions are valid in some sense. Impeachment is when the President of the United States is charged with a crime. This doesn’t mean that the President is kick out of office right a way, in fact it is only the first step. It goes to The House of Representatives to decide whether to convict the President or not.

As of September 24, 2019, Trump has been undergoing the process of Impeachment. Out of a 118 person survey conducted, 66% (or 78 people) said that they knew that Trump was being Impeached but didn’t keep up with the story, 16% (or 19 people) didn’t know that Trump is undergoing hearings, and 14% (or 17 people) know and are keeping up with the story frequently.

The hearings are now public but even before then most Americans seemed to have the conflict of, “Should we keep up with the hearings?”. Out of the same survey 63% (or 74 people) answered yes, then 5% (or 6 people) said no, and 32% (or 38 people) clicked maybe. As you can see the majority said yes, but what about the 37% that said no and maybe?

Mike Okslong, an Orem Junior said, “It’s important to know what is happening, but knowing all the details isn’t important as long as you know the why to it and the outcome.” So simply keeping up with the story and knowing the outcome and events leading up to that can have one, like, Mike Okslong answering maybe. Most people that answered no were simply not interested in politics and didn’t want to get caught up in the mess.

Many people said yes though, like, Darick Cochrane who said “People are often misinformed with politics, and only hear what is broadcasted through social media and the news, thus causing misinformation and often unnecessary proceedings.”

Overall it can be difficult keeping up with the Impeachment story with so many other issues going on. Most Seniors will be able to vote in the 2020 election and might want to keep up with the story. This is going to affect us as a student body and community even if it is in the most minuscule way.

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Ashelynn Winter

My name is Ashelynn Winter and this year I’m a Senior at Orem High. When I attended Sophomore Orientation in late March 2018. They were displaying many of the clubs and classes, slowly I felt myself gravitate towards the Journalism table. Writing has always been one of my passions and many of my English teachers throughout the years have nurtured that love. As a child and early teen I would fill up notebooks with fictional stories. Now I crave to write genuine stories about real people, the people that don’t have a voice figuratively and physically. Those are the stories that deserve to be written and read.