Trump's lawyers can't seem to understand the Declaration of Independence
In a 20-page letter, Donald Trump's have tried to lay out why Trump can be a dictatorial monarch. In it, they have baldly asserted that he is above the law.
They find no specific articles in the Constitution that define the limits of presidential power, but they ignore the founding document that preceded the writing of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence.
The United States was founded in opposition to many things that George III did that Trump also does, George's offenses are listed in the Declaration. Those offenses offer the precedents that define the purpose of the Constitution:
Among the transgressions listed against George III are some that apply to Trump:
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.The Article states that the president and other executive officers shall be removed from office "on impeachment for" and "conviction of ...other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." "Conviction of" suggests that the president is subject to the same judicial process as any other person under the laws of the United States.
According to that article, the president can be charged and tried.
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