the country will be respected again they said...

[wrbtrader]

I believe it removes certain benefits a POTUS gets after office.
It also sends a message so that future POTUS' don't get an impression that they can act willy-nilly with the High Office, and not be held accountable.

So,
1. Punishment. And,
2. Deterrence.

Benefits like access to secret service protection after becoming a civilian, invitations to world meetings as a former president etc ???

Thus, impeachment strips those benefits and does it open the doorway for other high crimes or closes the issue after convicted as in the only punishment is that he's KICKED out of office and never allowed to run for President again.

Hopefully, this time around there will be a conviction so that the American citizen tax dollars aren't going to support this traitor to democracy.

I'll learn up on it later but to me it seems like its just a "scarlet letter" sort'uv speak and life goes on but he's just not able to run for a political office again. I'm thinking out loud about President Andrew Johnson and President Clinton.

Edit: Those benefits that are removed are listed @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Presidents_Act

He's going to lose his secret service protection. Not a wise move in this heated environment in America that he created. It's going to cost him a lot of money to hire his own private security 24 / 7 that equals the secret service.

wrbtrader

 

[userque]

does it open the doorway for other high crimes or closes the issue after convicted as in the only punishment is that he's KICKED out of office and never allowed to run for President again.

You already answered your other question.

Double Jeopardy only applies to criminal charges. Impeachment is not a criminal proceeding. Impeachment doesn't open or close any doors in that sense; but it may reveal evidence/information that can later be used in a criminal/civil proceeding.

 

[Scataphagos]

Only 8 more days, man. We can do it.

Has your brain been polluted?

The real threat BEGINS the day Trump leaves office. (Unless you were JK... then "LOL, good one".)

 

[El OchoCinco]

I’d like to announce that the Lottery is rigged! Especially if I don’t win tonight’s Powerball. If anyone else wins, it’s because they cheated and I expect a full audit of the lottery system until they can prove that I in fact did win. Cause you know folks, there are some very bad guys running the lottery. Very dishonest people. I heard a lot of the machines have been rigged to change ticket numbers. People have been saying it. Maybe we should look into that. Except if I win, then you know maybe they’re not so bad and everything will be great. I’ll be back tomorrow to announce I won, even if the ‘fake media’ claims someone else did.

 

[gwb-trading]

I’d like to announce that the Lottery is rigged! Especially if I don’t win tonight’s Powerball. If anyone else wins, it’s because they cheated and I expect a full audit of the lottery system until they can prove that I in fact did win. Cause you know folks, there are some very bad guys running the lottery. Very dishonest people. I heard a lot of the machines have been rigged to change ticket numbers. People have been saying it. Maybe we should look into that. Except if I win, then you know maybe they’re not so bad and everything will be great. I’ll be back tomorrow to announce I won, even if the ‘fake media’ claims someone else did.

You just keep choosing the wrong numbers.

 

[Ricter]

Only 8 more days, man. We can do it.

My expectations are pretty low. Biden isn't The One. There are just 24 hours in a day. A lot of repair to do just to get back to the fork in the road that was 2016. But my sense is that Biden has assembled a team of experienced leaders, and there is a big hustle (yeah, that's a synonym for graft but... Trump) going on right now that we can't see; they'll hit the ground running. Still, I'm braced for some discouraging news, like the Mercers were in the Oval Office again, this time meeting with Biden.

 

[CaptainObvious]

I’d like to announce that the Lottery is rigged! Especially if I don’t win tonight’s Powerball. If anyone else wins, it’s because they cheated and I expect a full audit of the lottery system until they can prove that I in fact did win. Cause you know folks, there are some very bad guys running the lottery. Very dishonest people. I heard a lot of the machines have been rigged to change ticket numbers. People have been saying it. Maybe we should look into that. Except if I win, then you know maybe they’re not so bad and everything will be great. I’ll be back tomorrow to announce I won, even if the ‘fake media’ claims someone else did.

Dirty bastards have been screwing me at the craps table for years. I once lost 74 bets in a row on the dozens. Impossible I tell you, impossible. That never happened while I was practicing my "strategy" at home. I wish that wasn't a true story.

 

[newwurldmn]

I’d like to announce that the Lottery is rigged! Especially if I don’t win tonight’s Powerball. If anyone else wins, it’s because they cheated and I expect a full audit of the lottery system until they can prove that I in fact did win. Cause you know folks, there are some very bad guys running the lottery. Very dishonest people. I heard a lot of the machines have been rigged to change ticket numbers. People have been saying it. Maybe we should look into that. Except if I win, then you know maybe they’re not so bad and everything will be great. I’ll be back tomorrow to announce I won, even if the ‘fake media’ claims someone else did.

I think we should give you some of the lottery money until you are satisfied that the results show you lost.

There's no harm in appeasing you.

 

[Cuddles]