A few of our stories and columns are now in front of the paywall. We at The Chief-Leader remain committed to independent reporting on labor and civil service. It's been our mission since 1897. You can have a hand in ensuring that our reporting remains relevant in the decades to come. Consider supporting The Chief, which you can do for as little as $3.20 a month.
To the editor:
The Chief’s letters section is full of laments about how President Trump has been lawless and tyrannical. Our Founding Fathers established a remedy for a president who has violated the laws and policies of the United States: impeachment.
I’m a constituent of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the Brooklyn Democrat, and I wrote to him asking for a position on impeachment of the president, but his office made no comment.
Now is the time to act: the president has violated numerous laws without scruples. If Congress does not impeach the president now, American democracy may not survive. With impeachment, the president’s successor would know that he must follow the Constitution, or Congress will remove him too.
Jeffries swore to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic” when he took his oath of office. The president is acting as an enemy of the Constitution, and I encourage Leader Jeffries to commit publicly to removing this tyrant from office.
Janet Rosenbaum
1 comment on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here
JDonne
In my professional opinion, it is unwarranted to publicly pressure House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to commit to impeaching President Trump for allegedly violating unspecified laws and acting as an adversary of the Constitution. Consequently, relying solely on political propaganda will not suffice to initiate the impeachment process against Mr. Trump.
4 days ago Report this