Feb. 10 letters to the editor

He’ll lend you his copy
of the U.S. Constitution
Brenda Bonnett’s letter (DPWednesday) showed an astonishing disregard for the U.S. Constitution and a fauxian use of unsupported misstatements. Examples?
She wrote of “The Democrats ‘kangaroo court.’ ” However, the process in the U.S. House of Representatives was not a trial in a courtroom, but a grand jury investigation. Even so, the president’s defenders questioned and cross-examined relevant witnesses there with equal time.
She asked why the whistleblower was not exposed (sidestepping that others with first-hand knowledge were cross-examined). She should read the relevant law and, if unsatisfied, have our lawmakers repeal it.
She did not mention the actual “kangaroo court,” which was in the Republican-controlled Senate. This is where the president was “tried” but, for the first time in our history, in the absence of witnesses and documents. “Let justice be done though the heavens fall,” but don’t let it take too much time.
She implied that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had visions of being president and, with a removed president, “she’ll only need a way to get rid of the vice-president.” She should read the Constitution’s 24th and 25th Amendments.
When a president is removed and the vice-president succeeds to the presidency, there is a vacancy in the vice-presidency. The new president gets to nominate a vice-president. The speaker remains third in line.
She asks, “What if the president is impeached but re-elected?” The president was impeached (by the House). But the president was not convicted (by the Senate). Again, refer to the Constitution: If the president is convicted, then that individual is (a) removed from office and (b) not allowed to hold elected public office in the future.
I paraphrase the comments of a Gold Star family to candidate Trump earlier, “If you don’t have a copy of the Constitution, I would be happy to lend you mine.” I make that offer now.
Dady Dadyburjor
Morgantown