Reposted from By Bill Densmore for Greylock News Posted Nov. 1, 2025

Two constitutional scholars, in separate venues, urged the public to push Congress to vote on impeaching President Donald Trump, even if such resolutions fail to win approval. One of them noted that in June, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., whose district includes the Berkshires, voted to table impeachment articles. Neal is not known to have explained his vote publicly. Greylock News has requested his comment.

Trump has committed multiple impeachable offenses, according to John Bonifaz, director of the Amherst-based nonprofit Free Speech for People. Speaking to 50-60 people in Housatonic on Oct. 26, he ticked off at least six actions Bonifaz considers grounds for impeachment and removal from the presidency. (See his list at the end of this post). Bonifaz, a Harvard-trained lawyer, co-authored a 2018 book on impeachment (REVIEW) in Trump’s first term and an earlier one in 2003 while George W. Bush was president.

In his talk at the Housatonic Unitarian church, Bonifaz recalled that on June 24, an impeach Trump resolution offered by U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Tex., was tabled (rejected) by a 344-79 House vote. Neal was one of 178 Democrats who voted against considering impeachment. (TEXT: H.R. 537). In Bonifaz’s view, the 79 members voting to hold an impeachment debate and vote was double the 40 votes received on the first try to impeach Trump in his first term. Not invoking an impeachment debate means “we are giving up on the Constitution,” he said.

Sherilly Ifill (photo courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art.

Sherrilyn Ifill, another constitutional scholar, believes the nation is enduring an “authoritarian takeover” under Trump that is “engaged in the unraveling of our democracy.” Ifill, a longtime law professor and scholar who ran the NAACP’s civil-rights legal defense division from 2013-2022, spoke Oct. 30 at Williams College. In response to a question, she spoke about Green’s impeachment resolution.

“I think we take things off the table because we say it won’t pass,” Ifill replied. “Sometimes you have to do things over and over again to make them stick. The constitutional answer to an abuse of power by the executive is impeachment. That’s what the Constitution says. It’s supposed to be the way you deal with an abuse fof power by the executive. We’re not just harassing the executive for no reason.”

Bonifaz’s talk at the Housatonic church was entitled, “The Fight for Our Democracy & Our Constitution.” The event, featured music by Barbara and Graham Dean.

Here are at least six actions Bonifaz says merit being considered impeachable elements (see https://impeachtrumpagain.com):

1. Treason against the states by using federal troops against them
2. Attacking the First Amendment
3. Attacking law firms, campuses, students defending Palestine
4. White House profiteering
5. Failing to disinvest emoluments
6. Violating the War Powers Act