.SpeakerPelosi announced this morning that House leaders will begin drafting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
When crafting the Constitution, the founders feared the return of a monarchy in America. And having just fought a war of independence, they specifically feared the prospect of a king-president corrupted by foreign influence.
Unless the Constitution contained an impeachment provision, one founder warned, a president might ‘spare no effort or means whatsoever’ to get himself re-elected. Similarly, George Mason insisted that a president who procured his appointment in his first instance through improper and corrupt acts might repeat his guilt and return to power.
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