Some Say Impeachment... What Does the Constitution Require?

   A new CBS News poll conducted by YouGov shows 55% of Americans think the newly opened probe for the impeachment of this President is necessary, while 45% of Americans think it is unnecessary.

   Recently, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into the President after a “so-called” whistleblower complaint, accusing Trump of “using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 US election.” The whistleblower alleged that Trump pressured the Ukrainian president into investigating Joe Biden, and Democrats have claimed this appeared linked to US military aid to Ukraine — which Trump denies.

   I must explain that the government of America is not a democracy, but a Republic; “an empire of Laws, and not of men,” as Founding Father John Adams put it.  Despite the fact that the authority of law does not come from the majority of unelected people, I do believe that all Americans should rightly understand that no public servant is above the law.  Furthermore, “We the People” must understand we have the ability to remove any public servant from a position of power under certain circumstances.  

   These circumstances can be found in Article II, Section 4, of the United States Constitution: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, ...

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