This article is from The Editor’s Corner, with insights, short-posts, and general ramblings from Editor/Owner Justin Stapley.

There can, of course, be disagreement about whether the President’s conduct warrants these articles of impeachment, but the language of the articles themselves is wholly consistent with previous articles of impeachment, including the Obstruction of Justice levied against Nixon.

Regardless, impeachment is a congressional indictment and requires a much lower burden of proof than removal necessitates.

Once the House votes, it falls to the Senate to adequately prosecute a trial. Their goal should to be to either convict or acquit the President in a manner effective to convince a very divided public of his innocence or guilt.

Impeachment should end with either warranted removal or clear acquittal. If the Senate fails to achieve (or worse, fails to even try) to reach one or the other result, they will have struck a decisive blow against the health and future vitality of the American Republic.

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Justin Stapley is the owner and editor of The Liberty Hawk. As a political writer, his principles and ideas are grounded in the ideas of ordered liberty as expressed in the traditions of classical liberalism, federalism, and modern conservatism. You can follow him on Facebook and on Twitter.

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