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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1189251)	12/30/2019 2:57:59 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574707

Wharfie, Trump says he has been denied due process. But the Constitution does not afford him that. What bullshit. The entire spirit of the Constitution is one of due process. Without due process, why even declare the Constitution as the supreme law of the land? Without due process, what's stopping a bunch of autocrats from making arbitrary decisions without any checks or balances? The Constitution already lays out the standard for impeachment: "treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors." Contrary to what the author claims, that standard is NOT "broad," or else you can simply define that as "I don't like him," which is exactly what the Democrats have done. Crimes should be defined by law, not by arbitrary whims of politicians. Otherwise the standard itself should be redefined as the following, "The president serves at the pleasure of Congress and can be removed by Congress at any time." The very foundation of due process is one of laws, rules, and objective standards. Sure, the Constitution allows for some leeway, but such leeway should only be used to avoid overly strict interpretations that goes in the opposite extreme but has the same effect as rendering the Constitution meaningless. In this case, saying that the president doesn't have "due process" with regard to impeachment is saying that Congress can safely ignore the words "treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors." Or redefine those words like Bill Clinton redefined the word "is" when he got impeached. Tenchusatsu