Editor
Did you know that the only ways provided for in the Constitution to remove an American president are impeachment and incapacity, as specified in the 25th amendment (Mailbox, March 20)?
Many other democracies around the world provide for special elections when a majority government cannot be formed or removal when a vote of no confidence leads to the resignation of the prime minister and cabinet, or, depending on the constitutional procedure at hand, a snap election to potentially replace the government.
These remedies are not available to American citizens.
OK, stay with me for a minute.
We hear a lot about “the Constitution” and its importance as the foundation of our democracy.
The original text, the articles and the amendments, are a guide to governance and as close as we’re willing to allow, unimpeachable.
And yet, here we are, at a critical moment that tests its viability.
Are we going to keep moving pieces around on a chess board?
Or do we need to make some fundamental changes to the rules?
To wit: XXVIII Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America provides for the recall of the president by a two-thirds majority of the popular vote of the people.
Robert Calvosa, Eureka
This article appears in Cal Poly Presents’ Season of Change.