House Judiciary Committee chair Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) put to rest any rumors about the impeachment of President Obama during an interview this weekend.
Goodlatte told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” Sunday that he had no plans to push for the impeachment of the president in spite of recent calls by some Republicans.
STEPHANOPOULOS: One of the other things you see coming out of this are more and more calls for the president to be impeached, Sarah Palin most prominently this week. Any articles of impeachment would be drawn up by your committee. Is this something you’re considering? Or do you agree with Speaker Boehner who says it’s off the table?
GOODLATTE: We are not working on or drawing up articles of impeachment. The Constitution is very clear as to what constitutes grounds for impeachment of the president of the United States. He has not committed the kind of criminal acts that call for that.
On the other hand, we do believe that the president is not enforcing the law. And there’s a wide array of issues, not just immigration, where we believe that. And that’s why the speaker, and many of us in the Congress, are getting ready to take legal action to stand up for the people’s right, for their elected representatives to be the part of our government that passes laws, not a president with his pen and his cell phone.
You can watch the interview, below, from ABC News.
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