JD: You know David I’m sure it’s been a while since any of us had a government or civics class in high school. So maybe it would be really helpful to briefly take a moment and discuss exactly what the founding fathers put into place concerning impeachment including both the grounds and the process of impeachment.
DJ: One of the foundational principals in our country and that makes it unique in the history of the world as a system of checks and balances that are built into our Constitution. This means that we have three equal and yet separate branches of government the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches. And within that system is the prevision for the removal from office of the President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States if Congress finds him guilty of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Since 1789 nineteen Federal officials have been brought up
on impeachment chargers by the House of Representatives with eight people
convicted after a Senate trial. Now two Presidents have actually been impeached
by the House that would be Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton but neither were
convicted in the Senate. Back in April of 1974 the Judiciary committee approved
three articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon and when it became clear he
would be impeached and convicted he resigned in August. So of the eight persons
impeached and convicted in Congress all were judges who faced charges including
perjury, tax evasion, bribery and in one case supporting the Confederacy.
So the language for the standard for impeachment is high
crimes and misdemeanors and it’s been some what of a controversial statement
and continues to be a source of confusion. The general intent of the framers was
high crimes and misdemeanors with involved contact that would seriously harm the
public including the security of the country and seriously compromise the
person’s ability to faithfully execute the duties of their office.
JD: David James with a short civics course on impeachment.
We report this information because it is setting the stage
for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.
Each of us need a refresher course in civics even the members
of the United States House of Representatives. As the world watches our
endeavor to impeach President Trump we must consider how important this
responsibility is. Removing a President from office is a major political
decision and it must be done in humility and prayer not because you hate the
man.
God established human government, Genesis 9:6, in order to
direct human kind in the will of God. The future is in His hands, Revelation
17:17, and will happen. Mans responsibility is to follow the Lords will for the
end times.
