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The Constitution's Article 2, Section 4 states:
"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."In 1793, George Washington said:
"The Constitution vests the power of declaring war with Congress, therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they have deliberated upon the subject, and authorized such a measure."
In 1805, Thomas Jefferson said:
"Congress alone is constitutionally invested with the power of changing our condition from peace to war." Warmaking is "exclusively (for Congress) to yield or deny."
Thomas Paine said:
"In America, the law is king. For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king, and there ought to be no others."
John Jay was America's first Supreme Court chief justice. He said:
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