The House will soon vote to impeach President Donald Trump for threatening to withhold military aid to Ukraine unless the embattled nation investigated a long-debunked corruption allegation against a political opponent’s son. It’s the sort of offer-you-can’t-refuse demand for personal benefits in exchange for fulfilling a public duty that would, with anyone else, be a Vito Corelone-level violation of federal bribery and extortion laws. Or perhaps, given how clumsily it was handled, Fredo-level.

In drafting Articles of Impeachment, however, the House should not overlook what may be Trump’s most egregious violation of the Constitution’s text: flatly ignoring the clear requirements of the Foreign Emoluments Clause.