"Among the most delicate choices the framers made in drafting the Constitution was how to deal with a president who puts himself above the law: Simply put, the framers viewed the president as a fiduciary , the government of the United States as a sacred trust and the people of the United States as the beneficiaries of that trust. Through the Constitution, the framers imposed upon the president the duty and obligation to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” and made him swear an oath that he would fulfill that duty of faithful execution. They believed that a president would break his oath if he engaged in self-dealing — if he used his powers to put his own interests above the nation’s. That would be the paradigmatic case for impeachment.That’s exactly what appears to be at issue today."
At www.washingtonpost.com
