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RobinA

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25. No, Because

Thu Nov 12, 2020, 11:17 AM

Nov 2020

our system does depend on a certain amount of agreement to play by the rules. I'm realizing that more and more now that we have somebody in there that refuses to follow the rules of basic civility.

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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

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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