Calling Impeachment a ‘Coup’ Hurts America
The Constitution matters. So does the English language.
by Conor Friedersdorf
Nov 14, 2019
2 minutes
Impeachment is the mechanism that the Framers provided in the Constitution to address “the abuse or violation of some public trust,” as Alexander Hamilton put it in “Federalist No. 65.” Other countries might suffer unfit leaders without recourse, or oust them using extralegal violence, but not the United States. The coequal branch of Congress would check the presidency. The House would be lawfully empowered to impeach,
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