URGENT: Formal Demand for Impeachment and Reassertion of Article I Authority

​I am writing to you today in a state of absolute alarm regarding the recent military actions taken against Venezuela by the Trump administration. This is not a matter of partisan policy; we are in the midst of a full-scale constitutional crisis. If Congress does not act immediately to reclaim its exclusive power over war-making and federal spending, then the American experiment as we know it died on January 2nd 2025. ​The executive branch’s decision to initiate military strikes without a formal declaration of war or specific statutory authorization from Congress is a flagrant violation of the Constitution. Article I, Section 8 is clear: the power to declare war and to control the purse strings belongs to the People’s representatives, not the whims of a single individual. By bypassing the legislature, Donald Trump has signaled that he views himself as above the law and the Constitution as a mere suggestion. ​These actions are illegal. They are an affront to the separation of powers that sustains our Republic. To allow this to go unanswered is to concede that the United States is no longer a representative democracy, but a de facto autocracy. ​I am insisting on the following immediate actions: 1. ​Impeachment and Removal: Congress must immediately initiate impeachment proceedings for these high crimes and misdemeanors. The President must be removed from office to prevent further unilateral, illegal military escalations. ​2. Disqualification: Upon conviction, the Senate must move to permanently disqualify Donald Trump and any accomplices who facilitated these illegal orders from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States in the future. 3. Reclamation of War Powers: Congress must pass binding legislation to strip the executive of the ability to engage in hostilities without prior, specific congressional approval, ending the era of executive overreach once and for all. ​History will judge this body by what it does in this moment. If you refuse to act now—harshly and decisively—to protect the country from this illegal seizure of power, you are complicit in the dissolution of our government. The time for measured rhetoric is over; the time for constitutional survival is here. ​I expect a public statement regarding your position on these strikes and your plan to hold this administration accountable.