Our founding fathers knew the dangers of
a monarchy or a dictatorship. The Bill
of Rights protects citizens from a tyrannical government.
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The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
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The Fifth Amendment describes due process and gives the accused the
right not to incriminate themselves.
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The Sixth Amendment quarantines the right to legal counsel, confront
the accuser, and call witnesses.
I don’t think anyone would like to have
these rights under the law taken away.
The Constitution does make provision for impeachment, but the law has
been ignored. Why do Democrats think it
is alright to ignore the Constitution and the Bill of Rights because they want to
overthrow a duly elected President?
Congress has enacted laws to protect the identity of a
whistleblower, but the current accuser of Presidential misconduct does not meet
any of the legal requirements of a whistleblower. He or she is actually a corrupt political
operative and has no right to anonymity.
Impeachment
of the President requires specific charges of “High Crimes and
Misdemeanors.” This means things like
treason. Don’t confuse “Misdemeanors”
with our current definition of misdemeanors under the law. The Democrats have not been able to come up
with a single concrete thing yet.
I
don’t know if it will happen, but if the House votes to impeach Trump, it then goes
to the Senate. The Senate must enforce
the rules of evidence and Trump’s right under the Law. All the hearsay witnesses will not be allowed
to testify. The first witnesses that
should be called and put under oath are Adam Schiff, the so-called whistle
blower, Hunter Biden, and Joe Biden.
They will all have to take the 5th Amendment right not to
incriminate themselves, because if they tell the truth, they go to jail, and if
they lie, they go to jail.
Democrats have been trying to impeach
President Trump from the day he was elected.
Their attempts are totally for political reasons and have nothing to do with
anything he has done. I can see why the
founding fathers were concerned with corrupt politicians using impeachment for
political gain.
God bless President
Trump and guide him to make America
“Trump did not bring division. Division brought Trump.
If you don’t see that, then you’re
part of the problem.”
Ava Armstrong
The charge of high crimes and misdemeanors covers allegations of misconduct by officials. Offenses by officials also include ordinary crimes, but perhaps with different standards of proof and punishment than for non-officials, on the grounds that more is expected of officials by their oaths of office. Indeed, the offense may not even be a breach of criminal statute. See Harvard Law Review "The majority view is that a president can legally be impeached for 'intentional, evil deeds' that 'drastically subvert the Constitution and involve an unforgivable abuse of the presidency'—even if those deeds didn't violate any criminal laws."
ReplyDeleteThis President has surrounded himself with lesser people. It was inevitable that his bombastic and mean-spirited ways would cause him problems.
ReplyDeleteHis lack of character is a misdemeanor and his misuse of power warrants impeachment. President Trump does not make mistakes. He abuses his power and he abuses people. He does this on purpose.
Here is an email to Terry with no response. Previously Terry has indicated he gets so many emails he does not have time to respond.
ReplyDeleteTerry,
I read your latest post “Protection under the Law.” Not sure why the Senate would want to call the 4 witnesses you suggested. What have they done, and why would they not tell the truth? Also, hearsay testimony is often used in criminal trials to corroborate factual evidence. We’ll see how Justice Roberts chooses to preside over the trial.
In case you have not read it, attached is a PDF of the whistle blower’s letter to Barr. Virtually all information has since been corroborated by testimony under oath.
I also have the Moeller report in PDF if you are interested. Volume 1 identifies lots of Plenty of collusion, which is not a crime, but not sufficient evidence for a conspiracy charge. Volume 2 describes ample of evidence of obstruction. Yes, the President cannot be charged while in office and Barr does not think there was obstruction. However, over 1,000 prosecuting attorneys have publically stated they believe there was sufficient evidence to bring obstruction charges.
Kent