Lots of links around to a diary post over at DailyKos. A reader there wrote to her Congresswoman, Ellen Tauscher (D-CA10), encouraging her to seek/support impeaching the AG. The Congresswoman wrote back this:

The Attorney General serves at the pleasure of the president in a non-impeachable office. Unless convicted of an illegal act, the Attorney General cannot be removed from office without the president asking for or accepting his resignation. However, please be assured that I will keep your thoughts and concerns in mind as I review the circumstances surrounding recent allegations of impropriety within the Justice Department.

Sincerely,

Ellen O. Tauscher
Member of Congress

Now this is wrong. So, so very wrong, but would be understandable from most of America. The minutiae of the Constitution aren’t a top priority for most, but from a Member of Congress (as she signed her reply) should know better!

I give you Article II, Section 4:

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the united States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

That little “all civil Officers” part? Yeah, that means any high ranking government official, like, I don’t know, a member of the Cabinet? Say, the Attorney General?

I’m going to cry for a while now, here is the link to the DailyKos post.