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WHITT

(2,868 posts)
Sun Feb 7, 2021, 02:39 PM Feb 2021

Constitutionality Of 'Out Of Office' Impeachment Trial

According to Alexander Hamilton, impeachment is comprised of TWO HALVES.

"the powers relating to impeachments are, as before intimated, an essential check in the hands of that body upon the encroachments of the executive. The division of them between the two branches of the legislature, assigning to one the right of accusing, to the other the right of judging, avoids the inconvenience of making the same persons both accusers and judges; and guards against the danger of persecution, from the prevalency of a factious spirit in either of those branches. As the concurrence of two thirds of the Senate will be requisite to a condemnation, the security to innocence, from this additional circumstance, will be as complete as itself can desire."


Federalist No. 66 [link:http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_66.html|

It's not unlike a death penalty murder trial. The first half is about guilt or innocence, and if found guilty, the second half debates the death penalty.

The Repubs claim that an impeachment trial after someone leaves office is unconstitutional is UTTERLY RIDICULOUS.


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Constitutionality Of 'Out Of Office' Impeachment Trial (Original Post) WHITT Feb 2021 OP
The Republican Party specializes in utterly ridiculous. unblock Feb 2021 #1
INDEED WHITT Feb 2021 #4
Welcone to DU, Whitt! SheltieLover Feb 2021 #2
Thanks! WHITT Feb 2021 #5
Yw! SheltieLover Feb 2021 #6
So they claim that we can't touch him during his time in office, and now we can't touch him SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #3

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
3. So they claim that we can't touch him during his time in office, and now we can't touch him
Sun Feb 7, 2021, 03:04 PM
Feb 2021

afterwards?

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