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Can the Congress members be impeached?

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Article II § 4 of the Constitution provides as follows: "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. read more

The question, then, is whether or not members of Congress are considered “civil Officers of the United States.” To my knowledge, this has never been ruled on in a court. One member of Congress was actually impeached, Senator William Blount from Tennessee, in 1797. read more

Thus, because members of Congress are in the end the representatives of the people — their agents — then Congress is "We the People," and we are Congress. Therefore, because one can neither accuse himself, nor try and convict himself, the impeachment power cannot logically be applied to Congress. read more

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