“No free man is to be arrested, or imprisoned, or disseised, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any other way ruined, nor will we go against him or send against him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.”
This is the 39th Clause of the Magna Carta of 1215; the primary inspiration for the U.S. Constitution. We summarize these words in two words: due process. These latter two words find purchase in the Constitution, so we [should] treat them as statutory law if not holy writ. By personal conviction, it is.
And yet, while the presidential oath of office was being performed on 20 January, 1917, within the hour, the Washington Post declared by headline: "The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun" All Trump had done, as President, to commit the impeachable crime of "high crimes and misdemeanors" was to walk along Pennsylvania Ave hand-in-hand with his wife. Where was due process? Being trashed by the 4th estate, which estate has not let-up, since, now 9 tears hence. When will the 4th estate recognize the trash due process? When will you who join in; when you, yourselves, may find need of its protection? Should it justly come to your protection when you have trashed it, yourselves?
Due process says a person is innocent until indicted [not merely accused by mouth], tried [in a court of law, and not merely by opinion], and convicted [found guilty by sworn testimony and evidence]. Only then is there guilt, and even that is open to appeal.