Impeach FDR!

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Impeach FDR!
Apparently ex-presidents now can be impeached. So it’s time to right some historic wrongs.

by Paul Kengor
February 11, 2021, 11:46 PM


Democrats insist that a former president can be impeached. Frankly, I had always thought this was an open question. I assumed that an ex-president, i.e., no longer in office, could not be impeached, especially given that I long understood impeachment as part of a formal process for removal, especially as the process moved from the House to the Senate.

Article 2, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution deals with a president and impeachment. It states, “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.”

We’ve always considered what constitutes high crimes and misdemeanors to be subjective, but not “shall be removed.” That language is about removal.

Likewise, Article 1, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution deals with a president and impeachment — again, explicitly a sitting president. It states, “When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office.” Importantly, the line continues, adding, “and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States.”

That “disqualification” no doubt is what Democrats (and some Republicans) hope to do with Donald Trump — namely, disqualify him from running for office again.

This is the position of Steven Calabresi, founder of the Federalist Society, who, in a recent op-ed piece in the New York Times with Norman Eisen, asserted,

Not everyone who wants to occupy the Oval Office is qualified to do so. The Constitution’s framers recognized that in establishing both qualifications and empowering disqualification. It is both appropriate and necessary to bar Trump from the White House even if, as incredible as it may seem, some voters might wish to vote for him again. We should not allow that to happen.

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https://spectator.org/trump-impeach-fdr/

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Article 1, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution deals with a president and impeachment — again, explicitly a sitting president. It states, “When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside ..."

Shall means SHALL. It doesn't mean Leaky Leahy is a suitable substitute for the actual CJ.

Again, many of the constitutional scholars arguing for former President Trump’s impeachment insist that such is an appropriate super-censure for his misconduct in office. If that’s the charge, then let’s at long last serve justice: The impeachment of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the internment of Japanese Americans is not only long overdue but essential. It has been a long time coming, and with Democrats cracking open the door to impeaching ex-presidents, we must take up this case.

Wilson was a racist, Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, Washington owned slaves. Let's get busy impeaching all of them!!