Should presidential powers be stripped away during impeachment?

[brucejoel99]

No.

Impeachment is equivalent to an indictment. The House merely sits as a grand jury & votes on whether to indict based on the evidence it collects & the case that's built. This requires a mere majority. But during the process, the President ought to remain in office (as they do) with the full powers accorded to them by the Constitution, in part because the American legal system assumes innocence until proven guilty; in other words, innocence until conviction. Unless & until the Senate has held a full-blown trial that concludes with a 2/3rds guilty verdict, there ought to be no official reduction in or limitation on the President's authority.