A Well-Worn Lawyer Joke

The prelude: The New York Times reports, “Maybe President Trump has not been impeached after all, or at least not yet. Impeachment happens, according to Noah Feldman, a Harvard law professor, only when the House transmits the articles of impeachment to the Senate.”

A man is looking for the answer to the burning question of “What is 2+2?” He first consults a mathematician who whips out paper and pencil to prove the answer is four. The man then goes to an accountant to ask “What is 2+2?” The accountant whips out an adding machine to calculate the answer: four. Finally, the inquiring man goes to a lawyer and asks, “What is 2+2?” The lawyer responds, “What do you want it to be?” Ha … Ha …