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Effect 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 and misdemeanors apply to president trump's 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. it's not my responsibility or my job to determine the credibility of the witnesses who appeared before the house thus far. that is your constitutional responsibility. my comments will, therefore,...

My name is noah feldman. i serve as the felix professor of law at the harvard law school. >> i seek recognition for a motion. >> the gentleman will suspend. the time is the witnesses. >> the privileged motion needs to be recognized. you can call it not a privilege. >> in between the witnesses it may be recognized. not once i recognize the witness. we'll entertain the motion after the first witness. >> my job is to study is to teach the constitution. i'm here to describe three things. why the framers of our constitution included a provision for the impeachment of the president. what that provis...

The impeachment of president trump to the house if we find that he has committed treason, bribery, or other high crimes and miss demeanors. 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 offenses, then we must move swiftly to do our duty and charge him accordingly. i thank the witnesses for being here today. i now recognize the rank...

That ukraine so desperately needed. it matters that he enlisted a foreign government to intervene in our elections in the first place. it does not matter that president trump felt that these investigations were unfair to him. it matters that he used his office not merely to defend himself, but to obstruct investigators at every turn. we are all aware that the next election is looming. but we cannot wait for the election to address the present crisis. the integrity of that election is one of the very things at stake. the president has shown us his pattern of conduct. if we do not act to hold hi...

Convention actually moved to take out the impeachment provision from the draft constitution. they had a reason for that. their reason was they said the president will have to stand for reelection. if the president has to stand for reelection that's enough. we don't need a separate provision for impeachment. when that proposal was made significant disagreement ensued. the governor of north carolina a man called william davey immediately said if the president cannot be impeached he will spare no effort or means what ever to get himself reelected. following davey, george mason of virginia, a fier...