Break Glass Impeach Trump

Incitements to violence... an FBI "loyalty pledge"... an "I love it" response to a Kremlin offer of "Hillary dirt"... the list keeps growing. We the People have seen enough: President Trump is both dangerous, and "not up to the job."

This book is a fresh look at an old document: our Constitution. As you will see, the impeachment powers of Congress go far beyond the "Conventional Wisdom" account: Congress can "fire" the President.

More specifically, "Conventional Wisdom" tells us that the "heart" of impeachment is in Article II, Section 4, which says:

"The 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."

Notice: Article II does not say: "Conviction by the Senate" - it just says "Conviction". Unlike "Conventional Wisdom" the impeachment theory of this book presents Article II not as the "heart" of impeachment - but as a special case: Impeached "Civil Officers of the United States" who are guilty of crimes can be removed by either a Senate trial, or a criminal trial.

Let's consider what follows from this - with specific application to President Trump.

The actual impeachment and removal from office powers - both the House's power to impeach, and the Senate's power hold a decriminalized impeachment trial -- are in Article I. These are powers reserved exclusively for Congress. As we will see, these powers are far more extensive than we have been taught. When you simply read what Article I says - the actual words -- with the basic understanding of impeachment and history that was available to Americans of the Revolutionary War era - all known to the Convention of 1787 -- Congress has the Constitutional power to say to all Civil Officers - the President and the Cabinet: "you're fired."

Having a President who is "not up to the job" isn't just unwise - in today's world it's dangerous. Our Constitutional Convention of 1787 knew about human frailty and weakness - and provided far stronger safeguards against it than we have realized.

Equally important -- We the People are the ultimate check and balance on Congress. If Congress starts to become too political - trying to "grab power from the Executive" instead of safeguarding us from the misuse or abuse of Executive power - We the People can and should throw out of office any members of Congress that are doing that.

But... of course... then what!? This book also presents a bi-partisan plan for a "Caretaker President Pence" - restrained until We the People can speak again in 2018 - voting on control of the House. More generally, the middle three of the nine chapters are devoted to a thorough analysis of "the politics of impeachment."

We the People can and must unite: to defend our Constitution, and to send into retirement our first "Celebrity Apprentice President."