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NEW: Atlantic: @YAppelbaum: Impeach Donald Trump: Starting the process will rein in a president who is undermining American ideals—and bring the debate about his fitness for office into Congress, where it belongs. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
“Congress must again decide whether the greater risk lies in executing the Constitution as it was written, or in deferring to voters to do what it cannot muster the courage to do itself.” theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
“The oath of office is a president’s promise to subordinate his private desires to the public interest, to serve the nation as a whole rather than any faction within it. Trump displays no evidence that he understands these obligations.” theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
The Case for Impeachment: “The gravest danger facing the country is not a Congress that seeks to measure the president against his oath—it is a president who fails to measure up to that solemn promise.” theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
Author thread:
Atlantic: @JeffreyGoldberg: “Our founding manifesto promises readers that we will be of no party or clique... And yet our founding editors also promised that The Atlantic would stand for impartial liberty and wage war ‘against despotism in every form.’” theatlantic.com/amp/article/58…
