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3. ..or lying to the American people about a pandemic that ends up costing a quarter of a million lives

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Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:34 AM

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I'm assuming that there is not a goddamn thing in the US Constitution that addresses [View all] LuckyCharms Nov 2020 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2020 #1

Impeachment papers should be ready to file as soon as Georgia's Dem Senators are sworn in. Budi Nov 2020 #8

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Needs a 2/3 Senate vote to convict central scrutinizer Nov 2020 #13

Thanks...it's an area I haven't dug into a lot. As to VP or AG removal Budi Nov 2020 #28

You haven't been paying attention here? dware Nov 2020 #19

Excuse me? No need to be condescending. Budi Nov 2020 #33

The Impeachment process has been explained here for well over a year, dware Nov 2020 #37

Hey, did you read my post at all? Budi Nov 2020 #38

i was just pointing out the obvious. nt dware Nov 2020 #39

Ummm, perhaps you should ... 11 Bravo Nov 2020 #41

Perhaps I should, dware Nov 2020 #42

U.S. Constitution ... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #48

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The Senate will not convict. It's a waste of time. Not going to happen no matter how many times onenote Nov 2020 #27

As I stated in my post. It would be my preferred scenario.. Budi Nov 2020 #34

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What would be that purpose? onenote Nov 2020 #46

The president still can be impeached. At minimum we should only allow congress to remove IG's uponit7771 Nov 2020 #2

That's a very important point. IG's should never be able to be "fired" by the president alone. BComplex Nov 2020 #11

There is not point to impeachment. We can't convict. Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #23

I don't know how many times this has to be said dware Nov 2020 #40

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..or lying to the American people about a pandemic that ends up costing a quarter of a million lives spanone Nov 2020 #3

Congressional oversight including the ability to impeach exboyfil Nov 2020 #4

In order to remove a president. The Senate must convict...and that will never happen so what Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #24

Our constitution needs a remake Sgent Nov 2020 #5

However, it's the wing nuts who have any organization for a constitutional "remake" JHB Nov 2020 #20

Constitutionally speaking, the new president isn't officially determined until congress meets in jan unblock Nov 2020 #6

The Constitution was written in an era when it took weeks... Wounded Bear Nov 2020 #7

This is at the heart of so much of what's wrong with the constitution today. BComplex Nov 2020 #15

it was deeply flawed from the outset. Voltaire2 Nov 2020 #18

True that! BComplex Nov 2020 #26

Maybe Sgent Nov 2020 #47

Best? Unprovable. It just was what we did. Voltaire2 Nov 2020 #49

The way we do the transition now started in 1963 Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2020 #10

There is nothing in the Constitution that addressed transition at all. MineralMan Nov 2020 #12

I wonder if any of the high ranking people Trump has fired are talking to Biden and his people? marie999 Nov 2020 #14

I sure hope so! n/t BComplex Nov 2020 #21

I don't think the Constitution contemplated such a President gratuitous Nov 2020 #16

And part of that, I think, is that even though the framers put "treason" as a crime punishable by BComplex Nov 2020 #29

The impeachment clause was supposed to cover presidents like him. We all saw how that worked out. nt mtnsnake Nov 2020 #32

The founders assumed the senate would Wednesdays Nov 2020 #36

Joe said it is having no substantial effect Steelrolled Nov 2020 #17

25th amendment. nt Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #22

Vice President Pence. onenote Nov 2020 #30

No, Because RobinA Nov 2020 #25

You already knew there wasn't Kaleva Nov 2020 #31

I prefer the Parliamentary system malaise Nov 2020 #35