You are delusional...if you were at the founding you would have sunk the constitution because the slavery issue was not dealt with. The terms of high crimes and misdemeanors means what the congress says it means. Because congress has ceded power to the president over the years you would be better off complaining about all since Wilson onward....maybe even teddy Roosevelt onward.
Again cite where the constitution says they must....it doesn’t which means they are not required. Defense of the country and the constitution is done in many ways not just impeachment.
“Uphold and protect the constitution”
How do you do that by ignoring the constitution’s remedy?
But you didn’t answer my simple and direct question. Will you?