picked up 10 trillion worththe economy is the best its ever been in historywhile political pundits weighed in on whether democrats would have the nerve and the heft to put trump through impeachment proceedings in a partisan atmosphere legal and constitutional scholars argued about the bar for impeachment whether a sitting us president can be criminally indicted and is therefore above the law and whether he can be prosecuted after he demits office most scholars appear to agree that the president cannot be criminally indicted while in office but he can he impeachedtrump supporters are literally daring democrats to initiate impeachment confident that their narrative of economic growth and the fight against illegal immigration will galvanize the republican base to help to retain majority in congress and perhaps even help him win a second term for now democrats remain cautious and appear to lack the nerve to go down the impeachment route even though hardline sections are calling for it