Here is what I recommend ...
Each censure includes a fine and three mandatory debates.
While the CSE may censure any number of federal officials at the same time, including the President, normally the Chief State Executive may not follow up on each future censure of the same person until two months have passed between each one.
[That way, the states can dismiss or replace a CSE who wages an irrational vendetta before the third censure triggers impeachment.]
But a 2/3 super-majority of the states may permit more rapid censures of named executive branch officials including the President.
After the CSE has censured someone three times, states deliberate impeachable offenses.
If the executive branch official is guilty of ‘dereliction of duty’ or ‘violation of one’s sacred oath’, then it is the duty of the states to impeach and remove the executive branch official which requires a 2/3 super-majority of states to be in agreement.
[Each state still represented through majority vote by its legislators.]
States might consider adding ‘tainting’ to this verdict as well.
They might also consider a mechanism for repealing a censure, such as a 2/3 vote by the House. And then the Chief could mandate debates over why that censure was repealed — fairly decent checks and balances.
And states might not want censure of the President to be so easy either. But I hope they consider the courage it would take for a CSE to dare censure the President. If it's for a frivolous reason, then the states should give their chief the boot. But if it's over something like Ben Ghazi or Fast and Furious, etc, then states might be inclined to agree.
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If you thought the Border Czar specifics were tedious, I don’t blame you. And be forewarned, the rest of these information-posts are even more tedious than that.