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Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for usurping Congress's legislative authority and willfully circumventing the express guidance of the United States Supreme Court by…

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Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for usurping Congress's legislative authority and willfully circumventing the express guidance of the United States Supreme Court by extending the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, and other high crimes and misdemeanors.

Introduced: August 23, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution impeaches President Joseph R. Biden for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Specifically, the resolution sets forth one article of impeachment specifying that President Biden usurped the legislative authority of Congress and one article of impeachment specifying that President Biden disregarded and circumvented the judicial authority of the U.S. Supreme Court.

The first article states that President Biden, through an order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extending the moratorium on residential evictions through October 3, 2021, demonstrated his manifest disrespect for Congress, the American people, and the rule of law.

The second article states that President Biden empowered the CDC to extend the moratorium in direct contravention of Justice Kavanaugh's concurring opinion that the eviction moratorium via executive order exceeded the CDC's statutory authority.

The articles further state that by such conduct, President Biden warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

What's happening now August 23, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Aug 23, 2021
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Miller, Mary E.
Illinois · Aug 23, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 596: Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for usurping Congress's legislative authority and willfully circumventing the express guidance of the United States Supreme Court by extending the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, and other high crimes and misdemeanors.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-596/
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"H. Res. 596: Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for usurping Congress's legislative authority and willfully circumventing the express guidance of the United States Supreme Court by extending the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, and other high crimes and misdemeanors.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-596/.
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H. Res. 596, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-596/.
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[H. Res. 596: Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for usurping Congress's legislative authority and willfully circumventing the express guidance of the United States Supreme Court by extending the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, and other high crimes and misdemeanors.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-596/)
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