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Impeachment: Revolutionary, constitutional, practical
Exclusive: Alan Keyes pushes for 'the people's right to resist tyranny' via representatives
Alan Keyes
Once a high-level Reagan-era diplomat, Alan Keyes is a long-time
leader in the conservative movement. He is well-known as a staunch
pro-life champion and an eloquent advocate of the constitutional
republic, including respect for the moral basis of liberty and
self-government. He has worked to promote an approach to politics based
on the initiative of citizens of goodwill consonant with the with the
principles of God-endowed natural right.
I don’t understand why it’s so hard for some people to understand
the logic of the U.S. Constitution’s provisions for the impeachment and
removal of civil officers of the U.S. government, particularly the
president and vice president of the United States. Some say that they
fear for the Constitution, and then suggest that the U.S. military’s
leadership, or some other vaguely described forces, should intervene to
force Obama from office. Yet such action would be a gross violation of
the U.S. Constitution, tantamount to treason, and an occasion for civil
war.
In this respect the individual charged with carrying out the office of president enjoys privileges and immunities similar to those of the British monarch at the time the Constitution was framed. By way of the pardoning power (among other things), he can extend their effect to those who act on his authority. The use of force against the monarch was lèse majesté, “an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.” Of course, in the U.S. the reigning sovereign is “we, the people of the United States” by whose word and will (as promulgated in the U.S. Constitution) the individual in question personally embodies the executive force of their sovereign power.
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In this respect the individual charged with carrying out the office of president enjoys privileges and immunities similar to those of the British monarch at the time the Constitution was framed. By way of the pardoning power (among other things), he can extend their effect to those who act on his authority. The use of force against the monarch was lèse majesté, “an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.” Of course, in the U.S. the reigning sovereign is “we, the people of the United States” by whose word and will (as promulgated in the U.S. Constitution) the individual in question personally embodies the executive force of their sovereign power.
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