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General welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our prosperity do ordain and establish this constitution of the united states. it goes on to immediately establish article i, the legislative branch, article ii, article iii the judiciary. the genius of the constitution, a separation of powers, three co-equal branches of government, to be a check and balance on each other. it's that that we take the oath of office, we gather here on that opening day with our families gathered around, to proudly raise our hand to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. and...

>> article iii of impeachment against richard next on, the article was based on the idea that richard nixon, as president, failed to comply with subpoenas of congress. the day richard nixon failed to answer that subpoena was the day that he was subject to impeachment, because he took the power from congress over the impeachment process away from congress and he became the judge and jury. >> jon karl with us live at the white house again tonight. and jon, president trump has attacked the whistle-blower whose complaint, of course, launched this impeachment inquiry, calling him a partisan and pol...

Judiciary democrats during the clinton impeachment. let's listen to what lindsey graham said then in 1998. >> article iii of impeachment against richard nixon, the article was based on the idea that richard nixon as president failed to comply with articles of subpoena from congress. he took the power from congress over the impeachment process away from congress and he became the judge and jury. >> julian, rings a bell. >> yeah. this is alice in wonder land upside down reality. the white house is arguing, i think the text of what they're arguing is that they have a right as a matter of fairness...

>> or we start fining them. arrests would be very dramatic. >> that would be -- >> that's a constitutional crisis. >> yes. >> there's a third option. >> yes. third option is i think most practical. they could simply roll into an article of impeachment and begin the impeachment proceedings themselves. >> they simply say if you are going to obstruct, we are going to draw negative inferences on everything you're obstructing and consider all the facts disfavorable toward you. i think that's what the white house is trying to do. the white house thinks that if they cooperate and if they have hearing...

Doesn't exist. and i think that's obviously one of the pieces we have to -- we have to find occupant more about. the other thing, anderson, that's really bothering about this is this tossing around of the word treason. treason is the only crime specifically defined in the constitution. article iii, section 3, defines treason essentially as siding with an enemy of the country in a war. and to throw it around in this situation, the problem is the president feels that he is the state, you know, like louis the xivth. criticism of him is treason against the united states. that's not trau. that's no...