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PoliticAverse

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2. No. That line in the Constitution means you can't pardon away an impeachment, meaning...

Reply to Takket (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 01:26 PM

Dec 2020

If an officer is impeached the President can't cancel the impeachment by issuing a pardon. It does _NOT_ mean that if you impeach someone they can't have any criminal liability then pardoned away or that if a President is under impeachment they can't issue pardons.

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can Pelosi use impeachment to hamper SOME of the upcoming pardon bonanza? [View all] Takket Dec 2020 OP

Impeachment is removal from office exboyfil Dec 2020 #1

Impeachment does not remove a president from office that would be conviction in the Senate. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #5

I met on conviction exboyfil Dec 2020 #7

No. That line in the Constitution means you can't pardon away an impeachment, meaning... PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #2

If the Supreme Court can interpret the Second Amendent.. Bobstandard Dec 2020 #3

The Supreme Court has never found that there is an "unrestricted right to own guns". n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #4

No they won't interpret it that way. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #6

No. apnu Dec 2020 #8

President can't pardon the impeachment itself. NYC Liberal Dec 2020 #9