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Dear Editor: I sent the letter below to Congressman Moolenaar via U.S. mail February 25, 2025
Dear Congressman Moolenaar:
I am writing today asking when you plan to introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump.
As everyone in the nation is aware, the Trump Administration has undertaken a Blitzkrieg of actions since January 20. One of the President’s first steps was to issue a blanket pardon to those involved with the events that took place January 6, 2021. Do you agree with the decision that those who engaged in the insurrection, including a convicted felon who used a taser against a law enforcement officer, should receive a pardon? If your answer is no, when do you plan to introduce articles of impeachment? If yes, why don’t you support our law enforcement officers?
President Trump recently issued an executive order abolishing birthright citizenship. Given the text of the 14th Amendment reads “All persons born in the United States… are citizens of the United States,” wouldn’t the executive order be clearly unconstitutional? Another executive order declared that only the “President and Attorney General… will interpret the law for the executive branch.” Doesn’t this contradict Article III in the Constitution that “Judicial Power shall extend to all Cases” including “the Laws of the United States”? The nation’s founders included the system of separation of powers and checks & balances for a reason. They had just fought a war against a monarch who had overstepped his authority and they wanted to ensure an authoritarian ruler did not come to power in the United States. Disturbingly, Elon Musk recently called for the impeachment of judges who questioned such executive orders. If you support ending birthright citizenship, expansion of executive power, and the impeachment of judges interpreting the constitution, could you please explain why? If not, when do you plan to introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump?
Numerous so-called cost cutting actions have been taken by Elon Musk and his DOGE group. Some have also called for the elimination of the Department of Education. Are you aware this department assists and distributes funds for students with disabilities? Do you support President Trump’s apparent goal to leave these students behind? Do you agree that Musk should be given the authority to make personnel decisions and be granted access to Americans’ sensitive personal information? If not, when do you plan to introduce articles of impeachment?
Thank you for your service in the House of Representatives and for taking the time to consider the ideas put forth in this letter. I hope you, and Congress, act soon. Poland and much of Europe fell to a similar Blitz beginning in 1939. I pray the U.S. Constitution does not crumble under this Blitz in 2025.
Sincerely,
Michael W. Nagle
Hamlin Township
