![The Framers’ Views on Impeachment](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/We_the_people__.jpg)
The power of impeachment is a central feature of our democracy. The founders of our country and the framers of our Constitution gave the matter careful consideration. They would not have created the office of the Presidency nor would they have given the President sweeping powers without this necessary check and balance on the exercise [...]