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Zoe Keller

15 Jan, 9 tweets, 2 min read

@AlanDersh

With the second impeachment of Trump, Congress violated six separate provisions of the Constitution.

thehill.com/opinion/judici…

By @AlanDersh

1. it violated the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from abridging free speech. By impeaching Trump for free speech that was protected by the unanimous Supreme Court decision in the case of Brandenburg versus Ohio, the First Amendment was violated.

2. It violated the substantive impeachment criteria in the Constitution, which limits impeachment to “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” It cannot be a high crime or misdemeanor for a president to deliver remarks protected by the Constitution.

3. it violated due process by giving the president and his legal team no opportunity to present a defense or to formally challenge the article of impeachment. This sets a precedent for any future president.

4. Congress has no authority over a president once he leaves office. If Congress had the power to impeach a private citizen, then it would allow the party in control of Congress to impeach a popular candidate and preclude him from running.

5. if the Senate were to conduct a trial of a private citizen, including a former president, it would violate both the spirit and the letter of the prohibition against bills of attainder. To conduct a show trial of a former president would be in violation of that prohibition.

6. Congress voted in favor of calling on Vice President Pence to violate the 25th Amendment by falsely declaring Trump unable to continue to perform his duties. The Framers of the 25th Amendment intended it to apply only to presidents affected by physical illnesses.

We often hear that no one is above the law. That also applies to Congress. The Constitution sets limits on the power of Congress over a president. These limits are critical to our system of separation of powers and of checks and balances.

When any one branch improperly seizes power it does not have, this system is undone. Just as a president should be held to account for any violation of the Constitution, so should the House when it exceeds its granted authority.

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