Paul Haaga & Theodore Ruger | Why honoring the rule of law means voting to convict Donald Trump
We write together today as colleagues who share deep connections with the University’s Law School, as well as a deep appreciation of and concern for the fundamental structures of our constitutional democracy — one of those being the peaceful transition of power after a lawful national election. On several key issues in ordinary political debate, we respectfully disagree with each other, and we are members of different political parties. But on this we are united: Donald Trump’s post-election conduct, particularly his intentional and inflammatory role in fueling the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, was a flagrant and unprecedented breach of his duties as President. Such official malfeasance and dereliction of duty is precisely the kind of conduct that the Impeachment Clause of the Constitution is intended to address, and it is a crucial, nonpartisan imperative that the Senate vote to convict him so that he may never hold high office again.