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It's interesting when we discuss the Constitution. When we hear about it in the media. I'm TV and radio, and when we read about it, all that it ever talks about is the authority of the house.

The house shall have the sole power when it comes to impeachment.

And therefore, a biological conclusion is reached that the house can do whatever it wants.

That house can do whatever it wants. Is that what the impeachment clause of the Constitution says?

The house can do whatever it wants, or that it's just a political matter. So, there is no standard. No, there's actually language in the Constitution as to the basis for impeachment.

There's ambiguity that surrounds the language, but not completely. We know the history.

And what the purpose of the impeachment clause is, are in the Constitution, or the house bringing impeachment in the Senate, conducting the trial, and the Chief Justice of the United States, overseeing the trial, the supermajority to remove a president.

That's all intended to check a house of representatives that might be out of control. It might be controlled by a faction. That's what they called it.

Well, the house of representatives today is controlled by a faction. And unlike the Clinton or Nixon cases of modern time, they are trying to railroad the president.

They're not allowing the president to defend himself. They're not allowing the president to present any evidence.

They're not allowing the minority to call witnesses, or issue subpoenas. And in the past, whether it was Clinton or Nixon, again, in modern history, they were free to do exactly that.

Now, you might say that's not a trial. This is like a grand jury that's handled in the Senate. No, that's not true. That's not true.

The battle begins in the House. And there are due processes that in the past have been put in place in order to not just steamroll a president, but steamroll his electorate.

So let's start this a little differently. Let's pretend you're in constitutional law class. Rather than focus exclusively on the house of representatives, what are the president's constitutional duties and impeachment inquiry?

What are the president's constitutional duties and impeachment inquiry? What does the Constitution say a president must do in the case of a house impeachment inquiry?

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