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The other forms of abuse of office, abuse of office to affect elections and abuse of office to compromise national security, were further forms that were familiar to the framers. now, how does this language of high crimes examine misdemeanors apply to president trumps alleged conduct? let me be clear. the constitution gives the house of representatives, that is the members of this committee and the other members of the house, quote, sole power of impeachment. its not my responsibility or my job ...

Much for the opportunity to appear. my name is noah feldman. >> the witness will proceed. >> i serve as the felix frankfurt professor of law at the harvard law school. >> i seek recognition. >> the gentleman will suspend. the time is the witnesss. >> the privilege motion needs to be recognized. you can call it not a privilege. >> in between witnesses it may be recognized. not once i recognize the witness. the witness will proceed. we will entertain the motion after the first witness. >> my job i...

Constitution. we are em powered to recommend the impeachment of president trump to the house if we find that he has committed treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. our witness panel will help us to guide that conversation. in a few days, we will reconvene and hear from the committees that worked to uncover the facts before us. and when we apply the constitution to those facts, if it is true that president trump has committed an impeachable offense, or multiple impeachable offen...

Republican government. he explained that foreign governments would try to foment disagreement between the american people and influence what we thought. the very idea that a president might seek the aid of a foreign government in his re-election campaign would have horrified them, but based on the evidentiary record, that is what president trump has done. the list of impeachable offenses that the framers included in the constitution shows that the essence of an impeachable offense is that a pres...

Concern that the president subordinate to the law and not above the law. james madison, the principal draftsman then spoke up. he said it was, quote, indispensable that some pro vig vision be made for impeachment. he said standing for re-election was, quote, not a sufficient security, closed quote, against presidential misconduct or corruption. a president he said might betray his trust to foreign powers. a president who in a corrupt fashion abused the office of the presidency, said james madiso...

Country, the house of representatives has impeached only two presidents. a third was on his way to impeachment when he resigned. this committee has voted to impeach two presidents for obstructing justice. we have voted to impeach one president for obstructing a congressional investigation. to the extent that president trumps conduct fits these categories, there is precedent for recommending impeachment here. but never before in the history of the republic have we been forced to consider the cond...

Impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors under the constitution. in particular, the memorandum and other testimony relating to the july 25th, 2019 phone call, between the two presidents, president trump and president zelensky, more than sufficiently indicates that president trump abused his office by soliciting the president of ukraine to investigate his political rivals in order to gain personal political advantage, including in relation to the 2020 election. again, the words abuse of office ar...

Members of the constitutional convention actually moved to take out the impeachment provision from the draft constitution. and they had a reason for that, and the reason was they said well, the president will have to stand for re-election. and if the president has to stand for re-election, that is enough. we dont need a separate provision for impeachment. when that proposal was made, significant disagreement ensued. the governor of north carolina, a man called william davy, immediately said if t...

People. the way it derives these powers is through elections. elections matter. both to the legitimacy of our government and all of our individual freedoms because as the supreme court declared more than a century ago, voting is preservative of all rights. so it is hardly surprising that the constitution is marvelled with provisions governing elections and guaranteeing governmental accountability. indeed, a majority of the amendments to our constitution since the civil war have dealt with voting...

A demeaning role they were degrading our country. to him for what he said important enough in. private property and the role of the market and now set to be enshrined in a new constitution but this still has to be officially approved in a referendum certainly that way though i agree with whats happening and i hope other changes in our country will also be taken into account through further modifications of the constitution that mining a lake eleven to the same player the private sector should be...