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dansolo

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14. Impeachment is easier than the 25th Amendment

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:06 AM

Dec 2018

I wish people would stop bringing this up. The25th Amendment is meant for when a president is incapacitated. It is not meant to be an alternative to impeachment. It is also even more difficult to remove a president under the 25th Amendment. Did you even read the last paragraph?

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If the 25th amendment is not activated under these circumstances, it may as well not have been... [View all] NNadir Dec 2018 OP

The people that have the power to do it ..won't nini Dec 2018 #1

His corrupt cabinet is getting rich off of him BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #2

Republican Senators betrayed their duties to the Constitution and the American people by approving RockRaven Dec 2018 #3

VERY good point, indeed! MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #4

"...or of such other body as Congress may by law provide..." NNadir Dec 2018 #5

It really wasn't intended for this purpose. unblock Dec 2018 #6

I have great sympathy of people with mental illnesses...I really do... NNadir Dec 2018 #7

Part of the analysis is that it's markedly harder than impeachment unblock Dec 2018 #9

The history of attempts to remove Presidents... NNadir Dec 2018 #10

I didn't say "rightly so"; I'm not advocating. unblock Dec 2018 #15

They live in fear of Shitler's Twitter account. They will NEVER act. kairos12 Dec 2018 #8

I agree. Republicans are fools to continue to abet this fiasco. Vinca Dec 2018 #11

What we're finding out is that our checks and balances aren't really checks and balances. ooky Dec 2018 #12

AMEN... spanone Dec 2018 #13

Impeachment is easier than the 25th Amendment dansolo Dec 2018 #14

The 25th Amendment makes it more difficult to remove the President permanently MineralMan Dec 2018 #16

Reality check: as unlikely as impeachment AND conviction is to remove Trump, elocs Dec 2018 #17

Dictator Wrz Dec 2018 #18