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Impeachment is a word that appears six times in the U.S. Constitution. The Founders weren't concerned with anything more than with impeachment because they had lived under King George III and had in 1776 accused him of usurpation of the power of the people; Being above the law; Criminal abuse of authority.

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Impeachment is the direct constitutional means for removing a civil officer who has acted or threatened acts that are serious offenses against the Constitution, its system of government, or the rule of law, or that are conventional crimes of such a serious nature that they would injure the Presidency if there was no removal.

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A Right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.