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PoliticAverse

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2. Congressional censure can't prevent a President from holding office again. Only impeachment

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Jan 8, 2021, 10:07 PM

Jan 2021

can do that.

Congress has no disciplinary authority over the President except through impeachment. Thus, presidential censure resolutions express the “sense of” the House and/or Senate without additional legal implications.

See:
Resolutions to Censure the President: Procedure and History
Congressional Research Service
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45087.pdf

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Why haven't I heard more about the idea of censuring... [View all] LAS14 Jan 2021 OP

I thought about censure but have no idea if means anything other than doc03 Jan 2021 #1

David Brooks said it would mean he couldn't hold office again... I wish I could ask.. LAS14 Jan 2021 #4

I added this to my OP. LAS14 Jan 2021 #8

Congressional censure can't prevent a President from holding office again. Only impeachment PoliticAverse Jan 2021 #2

Yeah, well, I wish we had David Brooks here to explain what he said. See my OP. n LAS14 Jan 2021 #3

I added this to my OP LAS14 Jan 2021 #9

Well that has nothing specifically to do with censure (censure is not mentioned in that amendment). PoliticAverse Jan 2021 #14

It has been discussed many times Bev54 Jan 2021 #5

What has been discussed? The censure maneuver David Brooks brought up? nt LAS14 Jan 2021 #6

censure Bev54 Jan 2021 #7

I added this to my OP. LAS14 Jan 2021 #10

That could work there are Republicans that would support that if they doc03 Jan 2021 #11

Yes it would but it is also a way out for them Bev54 Jan 2021 #13

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment califootman Jan 2021 #12

Say you were to indict somebody for inciting an attempted armed overthrow of the government NotASurfer Jan 2021 #15