Republicans demanding Blinken impeachment are forgetting one thing -- the Constitution
Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified Wednesday in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the withdrawal from Afghanistan. He faced tough criticism from several Republican senators as their colleagues in the House reiterated their demands for Blinken's impeachment.
At the end of August, Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Andy Harris (R-M.D.) introduced a resolution for impeachment on the floor of the House of Representatives. Norman justified the articles by arguing, "Under the Constitution of the United States of America, the Secretary of State is tasked with informing Congress and American citizens on the conduct of U.S. foreign relations." One small problem. The Constitution says nothing of the sort.
The Constitution mentions the department secretaries once and only once. Article II, Section 2 states that the president "may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices."
The delegates at the Constitutional Convention crafted that phrase very carefully. The president may request the advice, meaning that he or she is not bound to seek advice, nor is he or she obligated to follow that advice. In other words, the president is ultimately responsible for all executive department actions and responsibilities. As President Harry Truman famously said, "the buck stops here."
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