The Constitutional and Moral Imperative of Immediate Impeachment - The Bulwark

The Constitutional and Moral Imperative of Immediate Impeachment - The Bulwark

By Michael Stokes Paulsen [Professor and Director of Pro-Life Advocacy Center, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis]

Impeachment—not the Twenty-fifth Amendment—is the constitutionally proper method for removing Trump. The Twenty-fifth Amendment is about presidential disability, not presidential culpability. Trump’s attempted coup, while perhaps delusional, is an act of malevolence more than madness. It is not evidence of literal inability or incapacity to perform as president—the subjects to which the Twenty-fifth Amendment is addressed. It is evidence of a rational, but morally culpable mind. Trump knew what he was doing.