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So now that it seems that it's official that Russia meddled in the election... (Original Post) Locut0s Dec 2016 OP
Impeach McConnell , trump and throw out Comey pbmus Dec 2016 #1
McConnell can't be impeached. jmowreader Dec 2016 #7
punch Turtle McFuckLips in the mouth for saying no to ballot machine protections? no? well... it uponit7771 Dec 2016 #2
Invalidate the whole election and Obama can stay another term. putitinD Dec 2016 #3
Is there even any mechanism for that? I know impeachment is possible but... Locut0s Dec 2016 #4
EXACTLY. BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #5
That would be good but... Locut0s Dec 2016 #6
You are 100% correct. BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #8

jmowreader

(50,528 posts)
7. McConnell can't be impeached.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:38 PM
Dec 2016

The worst mistake the Framers of the Constitution made was not providing a mechanism for an outside body to remove a congressman. Congress has the power to rid us of bad presidents and bad judges - but ONLY Congress can remove a bad congressman.

It's very obvious you don't want to give the president that power - if he could, the first thing a president would do is remove all the Congressmen in the other party. (Imagine the disaster that would have befallen us with no Democrats to stop Nixon!) How about a panel of four people from each state - the governor, a member of the state legislature, the chief justice of the state supreme court and the dean of a public university's law school?

Seriously though, getting rid of Comey is something Obama can do fairly easily. He should.

uponit7771

(90,302 posts)
2. punch Turtle McFuckLips in the mouth for saying no to ballot machine protections? no? well... it
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:10 PM
Dec 2016

felt good

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
4. Is there even any mechanism for that? I know impeachment is possible but...
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:18 PM
Dec 2016

I honestly don't know if impeaching trump would be any better without a reelection as the people waiting in the wings to step into the power vacuum are just as bad or worse.

BigDemVoter

(4,149 posts)
5. EXACTLY.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:20 PM
Dec 2016

The injustice here really makes me want to vomit. Given that HRC WON the election by 3 million & tampering occurred, then the presidency should be HERS.

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
6. That would be good but...
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:24 PM
Dec 2016

Again I don't believe there is any such mechanism to invalidate the results of a whole election or give it to the other side. At best we have impeachment and rules of succession rules which don't help here. Certainly something totally new can be tried. But because those are brand new waters and the fact that Trump and his cronies would no doubt fight tooth and nail, very very very dangerous waters. Like military coup or minor civil war serious.

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