Reviewing the allegations against Trump and comparing them with the duties of the Office of the President may provide you with information needed to make are real educated argument. We will also discuss a new twist in the movement to remove Trump from Office. Every fact delivered, will be Constitutionally speaking, of course!
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We broke the news yesterday about the 4 articles of impeachment against Eric Holder and I have created an open letter to help you explain to your representatives why it is necessary to impeach Eric Holder. All you have to do is copy and paste and click on send. Send it every day! I also make it a point to call the co-sponsors. Including Michelle Bachman (who can be misguided at times). All in all it takes me only 6 minutes each day to send the emails and then call and thank the co-sponsors. If we don’t support and encourage those in Congress who are supporting liberty then do something! Don’t just run your mouth.
Two weeks ago I published an article proclaiming if the House will not impeach Eric Holder for his many offenses, we have no hope of ever removing Obama from office. Read my article here: Impreachment, What Will it Take
Now we know the House is moving forward with Articles of Impeachment against Eric Holder! But now YOU get to have the FIRST LOOK at the charges being brought against Holder!
My DC Insider has given me the FIRST GLIMPSE at the language for the ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT for Eric Holder. This language may change a little, but WE get the FIRST PEEK:
The Articles of Impeachment lay out four charges:
1.Refusal to comply with the subpoena issued by the Oversight Committee regarding Fast and Furious. This violates 2 U.S.C. 192
2.Failure to enforce DOMA, the Controlled Substances Act, and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. This violates the AG’s oath of office.
3.Refusal to prosecute the IRS officials involved in the targeting and disclosure of tax records to political donors. This violates Mr. Holder’s oath.
4.False testimony under oath before Congress in May 2013 about the Justice Department investigation of journalist James Rosen. This is a violation of 18 U.S.C. 1621.
We will have the FINAL language as soon as it is published.
These are the Representatives that need our IMMEDIATE support. Don’t wait. Contact them now and tell them how much you appreciate how they are standing for the Constitution.
Introducing the Articles of Impeachment:
Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) (202-225-5951)
Co-Sponsors (so far):
Rep. Larry Buschon (R-IN) (202-225-4636)
Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) (202-225-7742)
Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) (202-225-6356)
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) (202-225-5901)
Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) (202-225-2831)
Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) (202-225-9896)
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) (202-225-5744)
NOW CONTACT YOUR REPRESENATIVE.
Let’s be sure to compare notes, share experiences, and prepare responses!
DO NOT QUIT. WE MUST FIGHT. If we do not support them in this, then don’t complain anymore about what is going on in DC. This is our chance to set a real Constitutional Example!
Hey Congress! In case you missed it here’s what Article II Section IV of the Constitution says;
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
There’s no wiggle room. If you’re the President, the Vice President of a civil Office of the United States and you have been convicted of Treason, Bribery, or other high Crime or Misdemeanor, then you are to be removed. Eric Holder has been convicted of Contempt and that is a Misdemeanor and he should (meaning he has to) be removed from office! So why hasn’t he been removed? Because Congress hasn’t or should I say has refused to to their job! Well based on the news I received this morning, Congress may be finally ready to their job and I’m so excited.
Or WHY Obama will never be impeached.
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va) is giving a speech on the House floor regarding Benghazi and he is REALLY irritating me.
Do you want to know some TRUTH?
I watched the Fast & Furious Hearings and I can GUARTANTEE you three things I have learned from Congressional Hearings… GUARANTEE!!!
1. We DID NOT see all the evidence Congress holds against Eric Holder, Hilary Clinton, or Obama. That is a prosecutorial FACT.
2. Of the evidence that WE DID SEE, if they had that evidence against ME, I would not be getting a “finger wagging” by Congress; I would be UNDER a federal prison.
If you aid and abet a murder in this country, that makes you a principle to that murder. When you are a principle to a murder, you are guilty of the murder just as if you had pulled the trigger itself. The evidence did show, without a doubt, that Eric Holder is a murder!
3. NO Congressional Hearing will EVER result in anything legal or constructive. They are just shows for the American people to make us THINK our representatives are doing something. THEY ARE NOT AND HERE IS WHY:
Eric Holder was found in Contempt as a result of those hearings. Not much, but it is a really big deal, actually. BECAUSE:
~ Article 2 Section 4 of the Constitution reads: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Eric Holder is a CIVIL OFFICER Eric Holder was found guilty of CONTEMPT which is a MISDEMEANOR Article 2 Section 4 says he SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE!
That means there is no decision to be made. That word “SHALL” means IT MUST BE DONE, no choices, no options.
So if Congress will continue to IGNORE a Constitutional REQUIREMENT to impeach Eric Holder, They will continue to ignore the Constitution in every other aspect and we will continue to have an OUT OF CONTROL Executive Branch.
Our Checks have failed and Congress lacks the moral fortitude to engage in any balancing.
OBAMA WILL NEVER BE IMPEACHED BECAUSE CONGRESS CANNOT EVEN IMPEACH HOLDER WHEN THE CONSTITUTION DEMANDS IT.
So sick of this Pusillanimous Congress. So sick of weak, ineffectual and immoral men. Weeping for our future, ashamed of my generation. We will be a “dirty word” coming out of the mouths of future generations unless we DO SOMETHING miraculous…NOW.
Several members of the House of Representatives are moving forward with efforts to impeach Attorney General Eric Holder. We MUST help them in this effort.
As Reported by the Huffington Post, Congressman Ted Yoho met with his constituents in Florida:
“It’s to get him out of office — impeachment,” said Yoho, who was a large-animal veterinarian before winning election last year. “It will probably be when we get back in [Washington]. It will be before the end of the year. This will go to the speaker and the speaker will decide if it comes up or not.”
Yoho’s chief of staff, Cat Cammack, said the congressman wants Holder fired for issues that include the Fast and Furious sting operation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that left federal agents’ weapons in the hands of Mexican drug cartels. One of the guns was found at the 2010 scene of a Border Patrol agent’s killing.
Read the Remainder of the article here: http://huff.to/1iOiom2
If we want the Constitution to be defended, if we want justice to be served, we MUST help these Representatives through grass roots pressure.
In an effort to help us help Mr. Yoho and those standing with him, I have crafted this Open Letter. We can only do this if EVERYONE will pitch in. We MUST make this happen. If we do not there will be consequences.
These consequences are outline in the letter. Please read the letter and then share it many times over with your representative and others in the House. We CAN do this. We CAN enforce the Constitution. But we MUST take action. We CANNOT sit idly by.
Congressman,
Article 1, section 2, clause 5 makes it clear that impeachment rests in the House of Representatives. It is a clear obligation placed upon the house to maintain not only the integrity of the government, the separation of powers, but also the confidence of the people in their government.
George Mason remarked: “No point is of more importance than that the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be above Justice?”
Your responsibility to the people of this country is great. That is why we are asking you to support your fellow Representatives in their efforts to impeach Attorney General Eric Holder for his conduct in Operation Fast & Furious, along with any other activity that support such efforts.
Article 2, section 4 of the Constitution leaves no choice for the House in this matter. This clause makes it clear that AG Eric Holder must be impeached.
The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
As you know, as a result of the Fast & Furious hearings, AG Eric Holder was found in contempt by this body. Pursuant to Article 2 section 4, that finding requires the House to impeach Eric Holder, e.g. Eric Holder is a civil officer, contempt is a misdemeanor, and this clause requires impeachment, (“shall be impeached).
We are not concerned at this moment whether the Senate will convict Eric Holder. We do not ask you to speculate on the actions of the Senate, we only ask you to do the job we hired you to do; follow the Constitution.
There will be consequences for your failure to do so. James Iredell identified those consequences during the North Carolina Ratifying Convention:
“A man in public office who knows that there is no tribunal to punish him, may be ready to deviate from his duty; but if he knows there is a tribunal for that purpose, although he may be a man of no principle, the very terror of punishment will perhaps deter him.”
Failure to impeach will send a clear message to AG Eric Holder and other civil officers that they are above the law and have no limits upon their desires no matter how malignant or pernicious. Edmund J. Randolph warned during the Constitutional Convention that “should no regular punishment be provided [speaking of impeachment], it will be irregularly inflicted by tumults & insurrections.”
Stand in honor of your Oath. Stand in honor of this Republic. Stand in honor of your duty to “preserve the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” Stand with your fellow Representatives in this effort to right this injustice to the Constitution and to the People.
Just as the Constitution requires this action, we demand this of you.
Sincerely,
Through Article II section 4 of the Constitution, the people have delegated a great power to Congress to remove certain members of government from office. A careful reading of this section shows that Congress has the power to remove not only the President and the Vice President but ALL civil officers. One standard for removal is conviction of a high crime or misdemeanor. The language of this clause is very clear even using legally demanding language. This clause in the Supreme Law of our land demands Congress to act as they did when Former President Clinton was impeached for contempt.
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors~ Article II Section 4 US Constitution
We know Presidents and Vice Presidents are impeachable, but have we forgotten the third category of people in this clause: all civil officers? Eric Holder is a civil officer. Eric Holder is a civil officer that has been found in contempt. The Constitution therefore DEMANDS that Congress remove Eric Holder from office. So what are they doing? Last report in the mainstream media is that they are going to “sue” him in civil court. Sue him? The Constitution does not offer that option, however it does demand he be removed from office. I think at this time it is relevant to point out that Article II section 4 does not have a stipulation that removal from office is only necessary in non-election years. All employees are required to fulfill their job description regardless of what time of the year it is, and Congress should be no exception. Have they forgotten that they took an oath to support and defend the CONSTITUTION?
Honestly, how can Congress possibly live up to their oath when they apparently have no understanding of what the Constitution means and their job requirement within it? Then again, we give them no training. If we were running a business and the members of congress were employees of that business, We The People would be in danger of a lawsuit for negligent supervision of our employees. Negligent supervision occurs when an employer fails to properly train its employees and the employees commit an act of negligence as a result of their lack of proper training. We are not training our congressional employees and they are committing negligent acts that are resulting in the destruction of our Constitution.
Many of us received and email from Congress demanding that the people remove Eric Holder from office. The email reveals that Congress is either shirking its duty and passing the buck to the people or is unaware of their obligation under Article II section 4.
It’s time for Attorney General Holder to step aside. He’s misled Congress, and entirely botched the investigation of the Operation Fast and Furious debacle — yet he still leads our nation’s Justice Department. It’s just another example of the Obama Administration’s transparent hypocrisy that despite the tragic and very human toll of this scandal, Attorney General Holder refuses to resign — and President Obama refuses to remove him.
WE the People MUST restore justice to the Justice Department.
So, is Congress inadequately trained or do they simply feel too burdened by their responsibilities? Are they truly overwhelmed by their duty to support and defend the Constitution? Are they really looking to their employers, We The People, for relief as the email assert: “it’s up to the American people?”
If our employees are unable to do their job, perhaps we need to put out some help wanted ads. Perhaps, this time we need to list plainly and clearly what the job requirements are and demand those who are hired have the proper training and exhibit a proven proficiency in the very object of their oath: the Constitution of the United States. If we do not, then We The People, the employers, are guilty of negligent supervision and our children will suffer the consequences of our negligence.
About six months ago I gave REAL reasons why Obama should be impeached. Now as part of President Obama’s fundamental transformation of America, this lawless tyrant is intent upon completely overturning one of the most fundamental characteristics of our Republic; Separation of Powers. The checks and balances in the American system were instituted for the express purpose of combating the rise of a tyrannical and oppressive government.
Nonetheless, on December 31, 2011 Josh Earnest, White House deputy press secretary said, “the president will have a larger playing field. If that includes Congress, all the better,” But, he added, “that’s no longer a requirement.” The president did not waste any time in thumbing his nose at the rule of law. Just today, the President announced the “recess appointment” for the controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and three new members to the National Labor Relations board. So what is the problem? Congress is NOT IN RECESS. The President has made a complete end run of Congress and has violated his limitations in Separation of Powers. But what is the big deal about Separation of Powers?
James Madison points out in Federalist 47 that,
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
Our founders spent a great deal of time discussing separation of powers and believed that such separation was essential to the protection of our liberty. The discussion of the time was not whether these branches SHOULD be separate, but to WHAT DEGREE they should be separate; the founders knowing, as Madison points out, that a separation of the three branches of government was necessary to preserve Liberty. They all agreed that the accumulation of all powers by one person or a single group of people is the very definition of tyranny. “Where the accumulation of power is possible, no further argument is necessary” to support a division and separation of those powers. Madison declares: “…by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places. “
Our Founders also believed that a certain amount “blending” of these departments was necessary to prevent one Branch from usurping power over the other. This blending is what we know as checks and balances. Madison understood that simply enumerating powers and identifying boundaries on paper would be an insufficient barrier “to the encroaching spirit of power.” Liberty cannot be preserved unless you allow for departmental oversight. Madison made this point very clear:
”But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government.”
The abuses of this President definitely need to be controlled. The absolute amazing thing about this entire scenario is that a President was IMPEACHED for the very thing that our current lawless Executive is doing. On March 3, 1867 Congress enacted the Tenure of Office Act over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. The Tenure of Office Act was designed to prevent the President from removing any office holder appointed by a past president without the advice and consent of the Senate. Johnson did not acknowledge this limitation and publicly declared the 39th Congress was not a Congress at all. He then removed the then Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton from office and appointed Ulysses S. Grant in his place. On February 24, 1868 the House of Representatives brought 11 articles of impeachment against Johnson according to article 2 of the Constitution. Ten of these articles were dedicated to Johnson’s ignoring this Separation of Powers. Johnson was successfully impeached by the House, but was acquitted after trial. Although several Governors had been impeached in the colonies, this was the first sitting president to be impeached. Most impeachments have occurred due to the executive branch ignoring its limitations through separation of powers.
In this case, unlike today, Congress fulfilled their responsibility in the “checks and balance” aspect of the Separation of Power and impeached Johnson. Our founders knew that these checks and balances MUST be utilized to prevent the natural course of men who wish to be tyrants. Madison explains:
“But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.”
If such strong checks were and are necessary to resist the tyranny of men, then why are these checks not being employed? History and experience prove not only that Obama’s attempts to completely destroy liberty must be stopped, but that Congress has the ability to stop him. What has happened to the integrity and resolve of the men and women we have elected to protect Liberty? I believe much of it has to do with a complete ignorance of history and a complete lack of understanding of the Constitution. The House of Representatives, by their complete inaction, will allow another dangerous precedent to eat away at America’s Constitutional foundations. The House must begin the impeachment process and end this unconstitutional usurpation by the executive branch, TODAY. We cannot allow this tyranny to continue. Congress must know if they will not stand for Liberty, WE WILL. Just a reminder, Congress, YOU WORK FOR US. Your job obligations and responsibilities are clearly identified in the law, in the Constitution and in the “operator’s manual” written by those who wrote the Constitution. If you don’t understand them, I am more than happy to come and teach you. But do hear us, Congress… Do your job or be fired!
Step up and defend Liberty.
Abuse of Separation of Powers: A Long-standing Evil
It is a common misconception that our founders had no Bill of Rights before 1776. They, in fact, had their own – the English Bill of Rights of 1689. In this document grievances against King James II were listed, just as grievances against King George III would be listed in the Declaration of Independence 87 years later. Among those grievances was the following:
“By assuming and exercising a power of dispensing with and suspending of laws and the execution of laws without the consent of Parliament;…”
The King was overstepping his authority and bypassing Parliament – the lawmaking body. In 1689, the British people saw this as an attempt to completely destroy liberty. In our system of government, Congress is the lawmaking body. For the Executive to take up the power of making laws is for that Executive to engage in an act of tyranny.
Separation of Powers Essential to Liberty
One of the most fundamental characteristics of our Republic is the Separation of Powers among the three separate branches of government. The checks and balances in the American system were instituted for the express purpose of combating the rise of a tyrannical and oppressive government.
James Madison points out in Federalist 47 that “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
Federalist Papers 47 through 51 deal specifically with this issue of separation of powers. The debate of the time was not whether these branches SHOULD be separate, but to WHAT DEGREE they should be separate. Madison begins by pointing out that all Founders understood that a separation of the three branches of government was necessary to preserve Liberty. They all agreed that the accumulation of all powers by one person or a single group of people is the very definition of tyranny. “Where the accumulation of power is possible, no further argument is necessary” to support a division and separation of those powers. Madison declares:
“…by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places. “
No Branch is a Ruler Unto Itself
Madison further explains that the branches are not completely separated, but where one has any authority over the other that authority is very specific, and that the separate responsibilities of one are not to be usurped by the other. Hence, law making authority is invested solely in Congress and may not be taken up by the Executive. Yet, checks have been invested in each to ensure that one body does not become tyrannical and oppressive. The executive has its veto, the Legislative has its impeachment power and the Judiciary has its legal oversight…and don’t forget the people.
Notice how Madison describes the necessity of these checks:
”But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government.”
Madison continues:
“But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.”
So, if such strong checks were and are necessary to resist the tyranny of men, then why are these checks not being employed? Consider the following overreach by our current tyrannical Executive:
1. In May Democrats put forward the Dream Act. Before a vote was even held, Obama passes the Dream Act through Executive Order.
2. “Cap and Trade” legislation was defeated in Congress, yet President Obama pushes his agenda into law through the EPA, an executive branch agency.
3. Obama signs an Executive order on July 12 restricting the 2nd Amendment rights of citizens in the southern border states of Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona.
4. Obama’s FCC decided last year to assume authority over the internet regulation despite a ruling by a federal appeals court explicitly denying the commission that authority. In contradiction to the court’s ruling FCC voted 3-2 in December to pass the first ever federal regulations on internet traffic.
5. Obama unilaterally decided he should declare war on Libya. When Congress disagreed, he simply ignored them, their lawsuit, and the War Powers Act which is just a restatement of the separation of powers that already exists in the Constitution.
6. On January 28, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) head John Pistole announced that the Screening Partnership Program, which allows airports to privatize their security procedures, would no longer be available. TSA’s decision is directly contrary to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001, which statutorily grants this ability for airports to privatize.
7. Rather than push Congress to repeal federal laws against Marijuana, the Justice Department decided in 2009 that it would simply stop enforcing the federal laws. Proposals to legalize Marijuana at the federal level consistently fail, but that has not stopped the Obama administration.
8. The Department of Justice has announced that they would no longer enforce the Defense of Marriage Act. The Administration did not agree with the law, so they simply ignore it.
9. Congress removes the card check provision from the Employee Free Choice Act to maintain the rights of the people to choose not to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board moves to reduce the length of time for elections in order to limit employer’s ability to present their own case against unionization, having the effect of overriding Congress and limiting the people’s choice to not unionize.
10. Obama Administration suggests that they could ignore Congressional authority and raise the Debt Ceiling unilaterally by reinterpreting the 14th Amendment. Now Mitch McConnell apparently wishes to surrender the Constitution to the President, rather than protect it from ALL enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC.
Following the November elections where President Obama’s party lost control over the House Obama told America, where he cannot legislate he will regulate. The Executive Branch is not the law making body of our Constitutional Republic. In 1689 and in 1776 this type of overreach was seen as tyranny; an attempt to completely destroy Liberty.
In the Federalist Paper 69, Hamilton responds to those who fear that the executive branch looked too much like a king and would have too much power. He points out a very vital and distinct difference that would put the minds of the people to rest:
“…there is not comparison between the intended power of the President and the actual power of the British Sovereign. The one can perform alone what the other can only do with the concurrence of the branch of the legislature.”
What is our reassurance as the President does exactly what Hamilton assured could not be done? Where is our protection as in the Supreme Court decision in 1952 (Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer) that ruled President Truman’s executive order unconstitutional as he attempted to place all steel mills under federal control. The Supreme Court said executive orders cannot make law. More importantly in the Colonial Constitutions this was the very behavior that drew IMPEACHMENT time and time again.
History and experience prove that Obama’s attempts to completely destroy liberty must be stopped. Congress must override these executive orders with proper legislation. Congress must exercise Congressional oversight over these Executive agencies and defund them. Congress must begin the impeachment process and end this unconstitutional usurpation by the executive branch.
So, I ask you again Congress when will you do your job?