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You've been sitting way too long.

Welcome to this special edition of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, I'm Steve Scrovan.

In this series, Ralph and constitutional scholar Bruce Fine will lay out articles in the

impeachment of President Donald J Trump.

Count 12, violation of the Due Process Clause.

Let's go to the Due Process Clause.

This sounds rather vague, but I think there are more

than a few listeners who know that that's

one of the greatest achievements of Western civilization.

The due process of law, you cannot be prosecuted,

criminally accused without having certain procedures where you can defend yourself,

confront your accusers, open court, front of a jury, etc.

So basically, why did the framers put the Fifth Amendment in the Constitution and how did Donald Trump violate it?

Well, unfortunately, not just Mr. Trump.

They put in the Fifth Amendment, it basically takes a page out of the Magna Carta of 1215 and says that you can't be deprived of your liberty or property

or life without due process of law.

Due process of law acquired over long centuries the obligation of the government to give you

notice of what you've allegedly done that's wrongful an opportunity to respond

a right to have counsel to call witnesses of your defense to confront your

accusers to have your judge or jury to be impartial all those things essential to

achieving justice and it really is an acknowledgement that you're saying that, you know, we can be wrong.

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