I'm not a scholar in "censuring." What, if anything, does it achieve?

[Miles Archer]

My concept...without writing a term paper on it...is that it's like a demerit in school or time in the penalty box in hockey.

Is there any lasting impact or significance, or is it a tiny slap on the wrist?

[SheltieLover]

1. Excuse for not faking real action, imo

[empedocles]

2. Soft landing

[Mr.Bill]

3. It goes on their permanent record.

[NQCowboy68]

4. A gentleman's slap on the wrist

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Not a damn thing, really.

It's like when you were in middle school and you got caught smoking in the boys' room and sent to the principal, who tells you that your misbehavior will be noted in your Permanent Record.

[RockRaven]

6. You receive a sternly worded letter on official stationary and an asterisk in the history books.

You cannot shame the shameless, so it does nothing to a Republican.

[relayerbob]

7. Nothing

[Turbineguy]

8. Like getting your ass kicked

with an overcooked fettucine noodle.

[Karadeniz]

9. When Clinton lied about his sex act, democrats said it didn't amount to a high crime etc., so how

About censuring him. But no. Starr had worked for how long? , two years, flitting from issue to issue until Clinton lied and the GOP had something to go with. So now, with the most corrupt president in history, and a fascist, to boot, who literally tried to destroy the govt, they want a censure for Trump, but they wanted impeachment for Clinton. No.

[Sneederbunk]

10. Makes censured person feel bad.

[woodsprite]

11. Only if the have a conscience and are capable of empathy.

We know these people don’t have either.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. But not very. They might be mildly embarrassed for a day or two.

[Midnightwalk]

13. Fills out his bingo card

Impeached

Lost popular vote twice

Killed 400K Americans

Incited insurrection

Censure

He’d celebrate. Impeach and remove.