Analyst's note:  Absolutely must read and carefully consider.  Eligibility for office is not the only hurdle that our elected officials face. 

"The American people, and Congress can decide if actions by any federal official encompassed by the Constitution rises beyond the level of "bad behavior"; if so, our Founding Fathers left us a remedy to remove someone for such behavior in office."  "We the People" have control of our own destiny, thanks to our Founding Fathers and our U.S. Constitution.  In fact we are obligated to do so.

Clearly we have much work to do, based on the unconstitutional actions of our federal government officials!

Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution reads:

"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."

 

The phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors," imports a concept in English Common Law that was well-known to our Founding Fathers but is greatly either misunderstood or totally ignored today. "High crimes and misdemeanors" essentially means bad behavior.

 

C-Span.org has succinctly and clearly summarized the historical significance of including the term "high crimes and misdemeanors" in the Constitution:

 

’High crimes and misdemeanors’ entered the text of the Constitution due to George Mason and James Madison. Mason had argued that the reasons given for impeachment - treason and bribery - were not enough. He worried that other "great and dangerous offenses" might not be covered... so Mason then proposed ‘high crimes and misdemeanors,’ a phrase well-known in English common law. In 18th century language, a ‘misdemeanor’ meant ‘miss-demeanor,’ or bad behavior.

 

In other words, "high crimes and misdemeanors" does not refer to a criminal act as many believe because our founding fathers fully intended to allow for the removal of the President for actions which were... egregious... gross incompetence... gross negligence... outright distasteful... or, in the case of Barack Hussein Obama, actions which clearly show "malevolence toward this country and constitution, which is unabated." 

[....] ''The power of impeachment was given without limitation to the House of Representatives; and the power of trying impeachments was given equally without limitation to the Senate. . . . A trial and removal of a judge upon impeachment need not imply any criminality or corruption in him . . . [but] nothing more than a declaration of Congress to this effect: You hold dangerous opinions, and if you are suffered to carry them into effect you will work the destruction of the nation. We want your offices, for the purpose of giving them to men who will fill them better.'' Though Chase was acquitted it had more to do with the political divisions in the Senate than to the merits of the arguments, it did establish that no indictable crime was necessary to impeach for "high crimes and misdemeanors." 

[....] When a president or other federal officer acts contrary to the constitution, it is appropriate to consider all requirements of the constitution with which that person must comply. Thus, for example, not only is an office holder removable for treason, or other criminal acts, such person must also avoid "high crimes and misdemeanors" as has been historically defined and applied in the impeachment of others. 

Query; does lying to the American people, acting unconstitutionally, usurping powers accorded by the constitution to other branches of government or denouncing the Judeo-Christian heritage of our country amount to a "high crime and misdemeanor?"  

[....] It is clear to patriots that every jab at the Judeo Christian heritage of this great nation is a blow to the very foundation of our nation and strikes at our freedom and liberty. 

[....] Bad behavior in office to the detriment of our country is the disease; Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution, is the cure.