Recently, I was speaking to a group in Aroostook County, Maine and the subject of impeachment came up. I said that each house can expel its members, but members of Congress cannot be impeached. My friend and fellow Patriot Jack McCarthy said that it was not true. So, let us investigate the subject.
The United States Constitution mentions impeachment in several places:
Article 1, Section 2 last clause “…and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment
Article 1, Section 3 Clause 6:
“The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside. And no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.”
Article 1 Section 3, Clause 7:
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. And:
Article 2, Section 4
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.
There is some misunderstanding of the term “impeachment.” It is akin to an indictment or a formal accusation but not a declaration of guilt. The House of Representatives, with a simple majority, votes to impeach and then the case is heard by the U.S. Senate. The first federal official to be impeached was William Blount, a U.S. Senator from Tennessee who was one of the signers of the U.S. Constitution. It took place on July 7, 1797. The next day, the Senate voted to expel him. Blount engaged in a plot to give land to England.
Congress has the power to expel members:
Article 1, Section 5: Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.

Portrait of Blount
The Senate never tried the impeachment case against Blount because he had already been expelled. A resolution introduced in the Senate saying that Blount was a civil officer and subject to impeachment was defeated by a 14-11 vote. Since then, not one member of Congress has been impeached but five members of the House and 15 Senators have been expelled. Seventeen of them were expelled for supporting the Confederacy, and only two since the Civil War: Mike Myers of Pennsylvania and Jim Traficant of Ohio. Myers was recently indicted for voter fraud.
There have been three presidents impeached: Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump. All were acquitted by the Senate. Trump was impeached twice. The second impeachment was such a sham that Chief Justice Roberts refused to participate. Richard Nixon resigned before articles of impeachment were brought against him.
Federal Judges
Article 3, Section 1, The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior.
There have been fifteen federal judges including Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase, who was acquitted, that were impeached and only eight were convicted by the Senate and removed from office. The first being John Pickering of New Hampshire in 1804 for mental instability, and intoxication while on the bench. In 1989, Judge Alcee Hastings of the Southern District of Florida was impeached and removed for accepting bribes, but the Senate did not disqualify him from office. He was a member of Congress from 1993 until his death last year.

Alcee Hastings
So, I was wrong to say that members of Congress cannot be impeached, and my friend Jack McCarthy was right. But only one member of Congress has been impeached. While nineteen states-Rhode Island being the only one in New England-have provisions to recall state elected officials, they cannot recall members of Congress. However, the founders gave us frequent elections. While impeachments, expulsions and recalls are rare, we can fire and replace our employees at all levels of government at the ballot box.
We recently had the opportunity to interview Stacey Dash who played our late friend Dr. Mildred Jefferson:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-01-31T14_09_53-08_00

Dr. Jefferson was a pioneer in the Pro-Life Movement. She was the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School, but she told people “I didn’t go to Harvard Medical School to be the first black woman to graduate from it. I went there because it was the best medical school in the country” She spoke at Camp Constitution’s 2010 annual family camp which may have been her last speaking event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PutGqzRIHMo&t=305s
To view or order a DVD of “Roe V. Wade, please visit https://www.roevwademovie.com/
Stacey Dash’s website: https://officialstaceydash.com/
Author and homeschool pioneer Sam Blumenfeld gives a lecture entitled “The Struggle for Educational Freedom at Bob Jones University https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-02-09T13_14_49-08_00

Homeschool pioneer and author Sam Blumenfeld gives a lecture on how socialists took over government schools in the United States and, why parents need to remove their children from government schools: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-02-06T11_05_19-08_00
Sam was a generation ahead of his time. He started warning parents about the dangers of government schools back in the 1970s. Many parents-like me-took his advice, but many either didn’t know or didn’t care. Thankfully, that is changing but it shouldn’t have taken so long. Please visit the Blumenfeld Archives where you can find most of the writings, and lectures of Sam:
https://campconstitution.net/sam-blumenfeld-archive/

“You will never know how much it has cost my generation
to preserve your freedom.
I hope you will make good use of it.”
The world still believes in the American experiment in self-governance. The Davos oligarchs [World Economic Forum] have demonstrated their gross incompetence to all the world over the last 2 years. They have neither right nor ability to govern America and Americans. We are a free people. And we have governed ourselves for almost 250 years now based on a Constitution developed by self-reliant farmers, tradesmen, shop owners, and landholders. These forefathers rejected a foreign monarchy and oligarchy and instead created and fought for a political structure which remains an inspiration for the world… a shining city on the hill…This is OUR country. We own this amazing gift. But we must defend it if we wish to keep it.– Dr. Robert Malone speech at the DC Rally on Jan 23, 2022, 10 days ago
Prov 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Dear Representative,Representative Theisfeldt asked me at the public hearing on AJR 77,“How is it a violation of our Oath of Office to use a legitimate provision within the Constitution?”
Here is the rest of my answer:While technically, your application to Congress is a Constitutional procedure, you are misinterpreting – and misusing it. You believe that YOU, the State Legislature, will rein in the federal government through the Convention process and YOU will be in charge of every aspect of Convention AND the ratification process.That. Is. Not. Article V.You’ve constructed something in your mind that is not true, doubtless placed there by the lies and flattery of the lobbyists. It seems you have erected, so to speak, an Article V in your own image, your own likeness, to suit your own ideas of the states being in charge, under the pretense of invoking the Founding Fathers’ Constitutional provision.Let me tell you what the REAL Article V state application says it is – the trigger to put Congress. In. Charge.——————Again, an Article V state application is the trigger to put Congress in charge of calling a Convention, who will doubtless form a new Constitution and a new government. That IS what it’s there for, the Founders recognized it is our right to alter or abolish and establish new government. None of us want THIS Congress or their handlers doing that.If you go ahead and STILL vote in favor of AJR 77 or other Convention applications, which is the trigger to put Congress in charge, I’m not sure what your motives could possibly be, but by process of elimination, it can’t be to protect the Constitution, can it? Also interesting to note, every Wisconsinite from across our state registered AGAINST and spoke AGAINST AJR 77, you had not one in favor of AJR 77.So yes, you are putting our Constitution in great peril. That is NOT protecting our Constitution, and I firmly believe that IS violating your oath of office, and that is why I CANNOT withdraw my statement.My brother put it well when he talked about those of you voting in favor of convention resolutions,“They are directly ignoring the indirect destruction of the Constitution.”– Brian Bakash, WI
Chair Wichgers brought up another point that I think needs to be addressed. Establishing “Intent”.The State legislature is forever assuring us the Convention will be safe, limited, controlled, accountable because they are establishing INTENT with attorneys.So what?What good is establishing INTENT for the states to be in charge, when the rock of the Constitution clearly states Congress IS in charge?At the Assembly hearing, legislative counsel admitted:“There is legal uncertainty about whether those expressionsof the legislature’s intent from the statewould carry the day over, you know,competing with a call by Congress stating something else.”There’s nothing uncertain about it. Congress will carry the day.Article 1, Section 1All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.Article 1, Section 8The Congress shall have power…To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the forgoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Article 5,“The CONGRESS… shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which…shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by…legislatures of three-fourths of the several states OR by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the CONGRESS”And Congress has been writing & holding hearings about how they would run a Constitutional Convention for 60 years in the Congressional Research Report. 1378 pages.They know they will be in charge. Make no mistake.Please work to rescind the Convention applications Congress already has from WI and kill any future convention applications in committee.”My name and address
I think it’s downright creepy how these Covid vaccines are being shoved down our throats – but it is also downright creepy how ANY and EVERY angle is being tried to get this Convention called.” Theresa Henderson, WI
As one of my fellow defenders of the Constitution says,“Storm the gates of Heaven with your prayers that the out-of-state bad actors don’t recruit all 34 States!”
Let us face reality.The Framers have simply been too shrewd for us.They have outwitted us.They designed separate institutions thatcannot be unified by mechanical linkages and frail bridge tinkering.If we are to turn the Founders upside down
we must directly confront
the Constitutional structure they erected.“
[Council on Foreign Relations] Robert P. George, a Member of [Mark Meckler’s] Convention of States Legal Advisory Board, has co-authored a new “conservative” Constitutionwhich grants massive powers to a new federal government and imposes gun control!” – Publius Huldah https://www.thestandardsc.org/joanna-r-martin/cos-board-member-drafted-new-constitution-that-imposes-gun-control/
“And since any new Constitution will have its own new mode of ratification (such as a national referendum), it’s sure to be approved.” – Publius Huldah
Prov 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Camp Constitution firmly opposes identity politics, but since Joe Biden announced that a black woman and only a black woman will be his choice to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, we have a few recommendations:
Dr. Felecia Nace is a New Jersey Native. A former language arts teacher at the Montclair Public School District New Jersey, Dr. worked as an education specialist for the New Jersey Department of Education, five years as an adjunct professor for Mercer County Community College’s English department, and his currently the executive director of Partners 4 Change, and education consulting firm. Nace is an international consultant, speaker/presenter, and has many published articles on the topic of systemic change. She is the author of several books including Top-Down Confusion: Is Grey the New Pink in Education

Mrs. Edith Craft: Born and raised in New Orleans, Mrs. Craft is a retired schoolteacher who serves as Camp Constitution’s program director for its junior camp. She is married to Camp Constitution’s chaplain Rev. Steve Craft. She is a mother and grandmother

Kalasia Richer is the New England Faith Representative for Turning Point USA. She works full time serving and supporting pastors/members of the faith community in MA, NH, VT, ME, and upstate New York in the restoration of their God-given liberties. Kalasia is originally from Woonsocket, RI and currently lives in Boston, MA. She graduated in 2020 from Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI with a BA in Political Science and Communications. While in college she served as the President of the RWU College Republicans and Vice President of Christian Student Fellowship. She also worked as a staffer for an RI gubernatorial campaign and interned at the Rhode Island State House. In addition to working full time for Turning Point USA, she currently serves as an ambassador for Future Female Leaders.

And Barbara From Harlem:
“Barbara From Harlem” is a community and political activist in New York City. Born in the Bronx and raised in Harlem, she raised five children as a single mother. She has also been a small business owner and has run several nonprofits helping inner-city youth.
Barbara earned her nickname in the mid-90s from then-WABC talk radio host Jay Diamond. She was a frequent caller about the O.J. Simpson murder trial, which she thought was wrongly decided.
She has since become a well-known voice of black conservatism in New York City and across the country. She has been called the “godmother of black conservatives” by fellow podcaster Darius Mayfield.
She is the author of the book “Escaping the Racism of Low Expectations” (Simon & Schuster, 2018). In it, she explained:
I was a liberal by default. I asked no questions. I had no answers… But my eyes were opened to reject victimhood and lack of accountability. My journey has proven to me that when you have clarity of conscience, love of God and a deep-seated belief in America’s goodness, your life will be enriched and your focus will change to one of accountability.
With her daughter Bebe, Barbara has co-hosted the “Our Urban Story” podcast since 2014; it streams live on Saturday afternoons.

Dr. Lee Button explains the power to declare war under the U.S. Constitution. This is from a weekly show that aired in New Hampshire and hosted by the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-01-28T15_15_03-08_00
For information on the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies, please visit their website http://www.nhccs.org
Show me the data! Show me what’s in the shot, the lot numbers, I don’t care what you SAY, SHOW ME THE DATA – If we can get some data, we can start to heal these people – as long as there’s breath, there’s life.” BRILLIANT scientist Dr. Judy Mikovits

I’ve been through outbreak after outbreak – I’ve never seen anything like this: integration, harmonization, and enforcement. It is overtly authoritarian and it’s coming down from above, and its coordinated, and they’ve developed a bunch of different vehicles to reinforce this dominant narrative and make it so no other information is available to people so that people behave the way that the Health and Human Services and World Health Organization want them to behave. This is behavior control. It’s really psyops, is what’s happening, it’s applied psychological operations to control people and their behavior so they will accept these products, which are still experimental, based on technology that has never been deployed at this level, and as the data are coming out, it becomes more and more clear that these products are NOT completely safe…“The entire HHS system has been corrupted. The system is deeply corrupted and can no longer be counted on to perform its intended function. Then we go to a higher level, the media is corrupted and coordinated, the government is corrupted and coordinated…with the pharmaceutical industry basically buying access to the Hill and the regulatory capture we’ve seen across multiple agencies.“With the decisions that the pharmaceutical industry advocated for… that the FDA would be funded largely, directly, by fees from the Pharmaceutical industry – has created a situation in which they’re dependent on that Pharmaceutical money.In the case of CDC, it has a dual function, it’s there to promote the industry and to regulate the industry. It promotes vaccines, it’s a specific part of its mandate, and yet it also has the mission to regulate and oversee the safety of vaccines. Those two are in conflict. (And the mission that is more highly funded at the CDC is ‘promoting vaccination’).”
I got a lot of whistleblowers…these are heros. This is the only hope that we have because the government is so corrupt and lying so badly, we would never have it [proof].” Attorney Tom Renz
Do not be afraid of the truth. Face it head on with power, love, and a sound mind. Too much is at stake to ignore the evidence presented in this series of the lies, lies, dances of deceit.
Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation,
continuing instant in prayer”“God hath not given us the spirit of fear,
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”“The truth shall make you free.”“Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, today, and forever.”“Jesus saith unto him,I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
Author and homeschool pioneer Sam Blumenfeld appears as a guest on “The Great Education Struggle” hosted by Isaac Moffett:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-01-28T12_53_30-08_00
You can find this audio among most of Sam’s writings on the Sam Blumenfeld Archive: https://campconstitution.net/sam-blumenfeld-archive/
