Dear Speaker Pelosi,

I wonder if you’re aware of the dereliction of your duties when you uttered these words:

“Impeachment is off the table.”

Congress is required by the Constitution of the United States to provide checks and balances with the Executive branch and impeachment is required by the Constitution when the President commits high crimes and misdemeanors.

By making that statement, you have denied that responsibility. What would it take to change your mind?

Illegal wiretapping? No.

Torture? No.

Lawless detention of people at Gitmo? No.

700 signing statements designed to ignore 200 years of precedents? No.

An NIE report that makes Him look either incompetent or deceitful, after mentioning a threat of WWIII based on no evidence? Nope.

And now obstruction of justice by destroying evidence? Apparently not.

Ms. Pelosi, as the first female Speaker of the House, you had an opportunity to demonstrate that women are just as courageous and willing to make difficult decisions as men. You have failed.

But even more, you have simply failed the Constitution and America. This will be your legacy. Whatever else you have done for your country’s good will forever be overshadowed by your not stepping up when your country needed you most.

Good night and good luck.