Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Is Impeachment Mandatory?



The distinguished Harvard Law professor Cass Sunstein has recently argued, in a widely published opinion piece, that if a US president has committed “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” then Congress is obligated to impeach. https://news.yahoo.com/impeachment-mandatory-130024433.html.  The “support and defend the Constitution” clause of their oath of office imposes the duty on upon each and every member of the House of Representatives to vote to impeach if the constitutional predicate is satisfied.