Overreaction

Jay Manifold suggests (I assume tongue in cheek) that the President should be impeached because he pledges to put people on the bench who believe that our rights are endowed by our creator. This is on the basis of Article VI, which states in part:

…no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States…

Sorry, Jay, no cigar. All that means is that it can’t be made a law. A president can nominate anyone he wants for the bench, for whatever reason, and the Senate can advise and consent, or not, for whatever reason. Certainly there’s nothing impeachable here. Unless you can explain just what would be treasonous about his statement, or how it could constitute a high crime or misdemeanor.

If presidents could be impeached simply for misinterpreting the Constitution, then they all should be impeached.