OLD NEWS / OPINION. Federalist Society calls for 2nd impeachment

[Stinky The Clown]

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Cofounder Of Conservative Federalist Society Calls For President Trump To Be Impeached

Steven Calabresi, cofounder of the conservative Federalist Society, called for a second impeachment inquiry into President Trump in a New York Times opinion piece on Thursday after a tweet earlier in the day from Trump where he falsely characterized mail-in voting and proposed the delay of the 2020 presidential election in November, which the executive branch cannot enact.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/07/30/cofounder-of-conservative-federalist-society-calls-for-president-trump-to-be-impeached/

[Wounded Bear]

1. I guess they got enough judges installed by now...

[still_one]

2. and the Senate would still not convict

[Le Roi de Pot]

4. They might

They want to create distance

[still_one]

7. Too late for that

[iluvtennis]

11. +++ agree. nt

[W T F]

13. True that, but if he resigns before Biden takes office, Pence can't pardon him.

Article II states that The President “ shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”

[rsdsharp]

14. Pence couldn't reverse the impeachment, but he

could pardon Trump for federal crimes he’s committed.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

18. But that must mean no pardon on matters addressed in the impeachment.

Not crimes not part of the impeachment.

Trump is a criminal on so many fronts. He needs to go to jail. Of course, the likelihood of that seems infinitesimal, impeachment or not, win or lose the election.

I will be thrilled to be proven wrong about that.

[rsdsharp]

20. It's never been tested, but most scholars believe

the restriction applies only to the impeachment itself.

[W T F]

23. But, if that were true, even if impeached. he would never face prosecution.

That would allow impeachment but no prosecution for crimes impeach for. That doesn’t give equal protection under the law, and Its hard to imagine that the founding father’s had that in mind when they wrote that exception.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

21. Sorry, I meant to reply to WTF above.

But what you're saying seems to agree with what I'm saying.

Then again, my brain has been broken by trying to make sense of reality these days.

[COL Mustard]

22. I Don't Think There Will Be An Impeachment

What I think will happen is DJT will be roundly defeated in the election, and he'll go apeshit. When that happens, the Senate will have nothing to lose, and they'll support removal under the 25th Amendment. I think McConnell, Graham, Collins and maybe McSally will lose (at least I hope most of them do), and they'll have nothing to lose by turning on Trump, whom they'll blame for their electoral losses. Vengeance will be sweet....of course, I could be wrong.

[Marius25]

3. They said that back in July.

[FBaggins]

5. No they aren't

A guy who was co-founder of the Yale chapter made such a call months ago.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. This demands a metaphor.

Are they the coaches in a football game? If so, was he their quarterback in their quest for a much sought out goal? If that's the case, here's my metaphor: It's like giving the order to sack your own quarterback after he's already thrown the winning Hail Mary.

[highplainsdem]

8. That's a July article about a July opinion piece.

[grantcart]

10. Exactly.

[Beachnutt]

9. Naaa, we'll just vote the asshole out and arrest him

[LudwigPastorius]

12. To his credit, Calabresi was a never-Trumper before 2016, but...

eight months before this article, he was defending Trump against his impeachment for extorting foreign election aid from Ukraine, and calling the Mueller investigation "illegal".

So after careful deliberation, I'm still going to have to say that Steve can go fuck himself with an immersion blender.

[Illumination]

15. The bottom line is that the American people aren't being protected from this infected nut

running loose!...:

[paleotn]

16. "Please don't throw me in that briar patch?"

Sorry, I ain't taking that bait. I don't trust neo-fascists as far as I can throw their doughy white asses.

[TheBlackAdder]

17. Is this the same Federalist Society that struggles with the US being a Republic and a Democracy too?

[wnylib]

19. Pfft. Meaningless at this point. Surely he knows that.