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might be held to account for high crimes\u2014especially so high a crime as the one in which President Trump engaged on January 6. To do so would disarm Congress in the struggle against kingly abuses of precisely the sort feared by the delegates who gathered 234 years ago to frame the Constitution of the United States.\t\t\t\t\u003Caside class=\u0022ad right most-popular-plus-ad grey_back\u0022\u003E\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv align=\u0022center\u0022 id=\u0022thenation_right_rail_375784\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t  \u003Cscript data-cfasync=\u0022false\u0022 type=\u0022text\/javascript\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfreestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplacementName: \u0022thenation_right_rail\u0022, \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tslotId: \u0022thenation_right_rail_375784\u0022,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttargeting:{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttn_author: [\u0027john-n\u0027],\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttn_articleid: [375784],\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttn_ptype: \u0027article\u0027,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttn_keyword: [\u0027donald-tru\u0027, \u0027impeachmen\u0027, \u0027imperialis\u0027, \u0027rand-paul\u0027],\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttn_subject: [\u0027congress\u0027, \u0027democrats\u0027, \u0027election-2\u0027, \u0027executive-\u0027, \u0027government\u0027, \u0027law\u0027, \u0027political-\u0027, \u0027politics\u0027, \u0027republican\u0027, \u0027the-consti\u0027],\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttn_pos: \u0027rectangle_1\u0027,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttn_loc:\u0027atf\u0027\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t\t  \u003C\/script\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EYet a time limit is precisely what Kentucky \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/26\/politics\/rand-paul-test-vote-impeachment-trial-constitutionality\/index.html\u0022\u003ESenator Rand Paul\u003C\/a\u003E sought to impose on Tuesday, as he dismissed the original intent of the Constitution in a desperate defense of his sovereign: Donald John Trump.\n\u003Cp\u003EA majority of senators rejected Paul\u2019s infamy. But he got 44 of his fellow Republican senators\u2014including the most cynical of their number, minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)\u2014to join him in promoting the latest Big Lie of the Trump-owned Republican Party: that the impeachment trial scheduled to begin February 9 is unconstitutional.\u003Cdiv id=\u0022ConnatixPlaceholder\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInstead of joining responsible members of Congress from both parties in recognizing the seditious nature of the events of January 6, Paul\u2019s immediate response to the attack on the Capitol and to revelations about its planning and execution was to do the bidding of his political potentate. The Kentuckian moved to block the process of holding to account a ruler who sought to retain his power by exhorting a mob to \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-trump-said-to-supporters-on-jan-6-before-their-capitol-riot-11610498173\u0022\u003Efight like hell\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d to upend the vote-counting process that would end his presidency.\t\t \u003Caside class=\u0022left indent indents related-newarticle author-modules\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-img\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/john-nichols\/\u0022 class=\u0022no-target-blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/johnnichols_small1.jpg?scale=60&compress=80\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ch4\u003E \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/john-nichols\/\u0022\u003EMORE FROM John Nichols\u003C\/a\u003E\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/h4\u003E\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022newrelated-blocks\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/expel-josh-hawley-insurrection\/\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ch5\u003EExpel Josh Hawley\u003C\/h5\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022author\u0022\u003EJanuary 27, 2021\u003C\/p\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022newrelated-blocks\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/jamie-raskin-impeachment-interview\/\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ch5\u003ERepresentative Jamie Raskin: \u2018It Was a Scene of Absolute Terror and Mayhem\u2019\u003C\/h5\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022author\u0022\u003EJanuary 26, 2021\u003C\/p\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022newrelated-blocks\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/biden-signs-executive-orders\/\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ch5\u003EForget About \u2018100 Days.\u2019 These Are the 10 Days That Will Define Biden\u2019s Presidency.\u003C\/h5\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022author\u0022\u003EJanuary 21, 2021\u003C\/p\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022newrelated-blocks\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp class=\u0022author\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/john-nichols\/\u0022\u003EAuthor page\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \u003C\/aside\u003E\n\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EMake no mistake: If a former president, any former president, cannot be impeached, tried, and convicted for incitement of insurrection\u2014with intent so destructive that House Republican Conference chair Liz Cheney has \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/01\/12\/liz-cheney-trump-impeachment-statement-458394\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E there \u201chad never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution\u201d\u2014then the constitutional shield against monarchical excess has been tossed aside. And history has been rewritten to favor the rule of a man over the rule of law.\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the Constitutional Convention of 1787 determined that tools would be required to thwart the kind of \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/declaration-transcript\u0022\u003Einjuries and usurpations\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d that had warranted rebellion against the British Crown, the delegates established \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Genius-Impeachment-Founders-Cure-Royalism\/dp\/1595581405\u0022\u003Ea robust impeachment power\u003C\/a\u003E as the ultimate deterrent to an imperial presidency. While this power might be used to check and balance individual wrongdoers, its true purpose was to assure that the office of the presidency would not become an imperial redoubt.\u003Caside class=\u0022right hidden-on-mobile most-popular-plus-ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022most-popular hover_b_remove thenation-single-article-most-popular\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/aside\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022inline-counter\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe capacity to guard against American monarchy was broadly defined so as to guarantee that executives of the new United States would never be permitted to abuse the temporary position of the presidency with the purpose of extending a tenure beyond what was permitted by the Constitution and by the people. 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There was no mention of this authority\u2019s expiring after a president left office. In fact, the delegates anticipated the threat posed by an errant executive who might manipulate the process\u2014perhaps by resigning in order to avoid a conviction vote, perhaps by having allies in the Senate delay a trial until after an impeached president had left office. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/constitution-conan\/article-2\/section-4\/impeachment\u0022\u003EArticle I, Section 3, Clause 7 of the Constitution\u003C\/a\u003E provides that judgments in cases of impeachment could extend to \u201cdisqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.\u201d\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul now says that \u201cimpeachment is dead on arrival.\u201d If he is right, then Trump is not the only Republican in Washington who has betrayed his office and his oath. Indeed, there but for five Republicans who rejected the Kentuckian\u2019s resolution\u2014Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania\u2014the Grand Old Party\u2019s Senate caucus has signaled that it is prepared to serve as the instrument of anti-constitutional perfidy.\n\u003Cp\u003EThe threat to the republic that Paul has initiated involves more than a rejection of duty, however. The Constitution was born in a revolutionary moment that rejected the divine right of kings in favor of the rule of law. On Tuesday, Rand Paul and his 44 colleagues voted to overturn that basic premise of the American experiment.\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul and the other senators who chose Trump over the Constitution are prepared to prevent the Senate from trying and convicting a seditious former president who, it is quite clear, is determined to return to the Oval Office. And who has suggested, again and again, that he would like to maintain a grip on that office for years, even decades, after the Constitution permits. Trump has \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-negotiate-third-term-in-office-2020-9\u0022\u003Erepeatedly mocked\u003C\/a\u003E the two-term limit that the Constitution imposes on presidents. Last fall, he told a campaign rally in Wisconsin, \u201cWe are going to win four more years. And then after that, we\u2019ll go for another four years.\u201d Earlier in the year, after his first impeachment trial, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME\/status\/1142178303656288256\u0022\u003ETrump tweeted\u003C\/a\u003E a fake-news manipulation of a \u003Cem\u003ETime\u003C\/em\u003E magazine cover featuring Trump campaign signs for 2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040, before finishing with \u201cTrump 4EVA.\u201d\t\u003Caside class=\u0022left indent indents related-oneup\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\u003Ch4\u003EAccountability\u003C\/h4\u003E\t\t\n\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022oneup-blocks\u0022\u003E  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022oneup-block-img\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/expel-josh-hawley-insurrection\/\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/josh-hawley-mask-riot-gty.jpg?scale=228&compress=80\u0022 alt=\u0022The Nation\u0022\/\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/expel-josh-hawley-insurrection\/\u0022 class=\u0022related-oneup-click\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ch5\u003EExpel Josh Hawley\u003C\/h5\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022author\u0022\u003EJohn Nichols\u003C\/p\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\n\t\t\n \n \n \n\u003Cp\u003EThat was laughable at the time. But Trump\u2019s kingly ambitions\u2014even if they do not extend to eternity\u2014looked a lot more real, and a lot more dangerous, on January 6. So, too, do the schemes of his senatorial henchmen.\n\u003Cp\u003EWe should recognize Rand Paul\u2019s treachery for what it is: not the momentary project of a Republican loyalist but the work of a royalist stooge in everything but name, an American monarchist seeking to dispense with the essential protection afforded the American people and their elected representatives to guard against a fully imperial presidency.\n\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/section\u003E\n\n\u003Csection class=\u0022aside-wrap\u0022\u003E\u003C\/section\u003E\n\u003Cfooter class=\u0022article-footer narrow new-article-footer\u0022 id=\u0022article-footer-375784\u0022\u003E\n\n\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022footer-module narrow author-bio\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\n\t\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/john-nichols\/\u0022\u003E John Nichols\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EJohn Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for \u003Cem\u003EThe Nation\u003C\/em\u003E and the author of the new book \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/books\/3082-the-fight-for-the-soul-of-the-democratic-party\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace\u0027s Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (Verso). He\u2019s also the author of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/john-nichols\/horsemen-of-the-trumpocalypse\/9781568587790\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHorsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. 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