The impeachment charade on Thursday of last week featuring four so-called "Constitutional Scholars” was really painful to watch. These four were unanimous in one thing - they all hate President Trump. Let's just look at some of their comments, like this from Stanford Law Professor Pamela Karlan. She said, "The Constitution bans titles on nobility, and while the President can NAME his son Baron, he can't MAKE him a Baron."

This childish comment actually drew applause from some in the audience. Using the President's 13-year-old son in this manner is just another indication of the extreme bias being used in this coup attempt to remove a duly elected president from office.

Professor Karlan, supposedly providing a "fair and objective" analysis of this impeachment effort, is the same person who talked about how she once crossed the street in order to avoid walking on the sidewalk shared by one of Trump's hotels. And this, from another one of these four so-called scholars, Noah Feldman: "If we can't impeach a president who abuses his office for personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy - we live in a monarchy or under a dictatorship."

First of all, this professor should know that we, in fact, do not live in a Democracy, we live in a Republic, guaranteeing the right of Free Enterprise and the right to earn and possess private property. When Benjamin Franklin, one of the framers of the Constitution, was asked, "What have you given us?", he replied, "A Republic, if you can keep it." And in response to Professor Feldman's conclusion that President Trump abused his office for personal advantage, there is no evidence to support this assertion. In fact, when Congressman Nunes asked the four for a show of hands of those who knew of any impeachable offense committed by the President, not one hand went up.

Only one of the four professors made any sense at these proceedings, and that was Professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington University Law School, who said, "It is not enough to say 'I infer this was the purpose,' or 'I infer that this is what was intended,' when you have no direct evidence to support such inferences. One of Congressman Schiff's colleagues, apparently seeing this whole "Twilight Zone" coup attempt unravel, made the statement that "There is no limit to the number of times we can bring impeachment inquiries." What he is overlooking is there is a limit to the number of times the voters will decide to re-elect him and his like-minded associates. There are many who believe that time is near.

Now to close with some humor: A federal government employee sat in his office and out of boredom decided to see what was in his old filing cabinet. He poked through the contents and came across an old discarded brass lamp he had never seen before.

He took it home with him. While polishing the lamp, a Genie suddenly appeared. "Noble Sir," he thundered, "You have three wishes you may ask of me."

"Alright," said the government clerk, "I would like an ice-cold drink right now." He gets his drink and immediately drinks it.

Now that he can think more clearly, he states his second wish: "I wish to be on an island with beautiful women who find me irresistible." Suddenly, he's on an island with gorgeous women all around him. He then tells the Genie his third and last wish: "I wish I would never have to work again."

Suddenly, he is back in his government office!

Have a wondrous day!

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