Enzo wrote:Once again, do something big to distract us from the impeachment.
Arneb wrote:There must be a limit to what even the iron-stomached Merkins can take.
There are several provisions in the United States Constitution relating to impeachment:
Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 provides:
The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Article I, Section 3, Clauses 6 and 7 provide:
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present.
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States; but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Article II, Section 2 provides:
[The President] ... shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.
Article II, Section 4 provides:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.[3]
Conviction immediately removes the defendant from office. Following conviction, the Senate may vote to further punish the individual by barring him or her from holding future federal office, elected or appointed. As the threshold for disqualification is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, the Senate has taken the position that disqualification votes only require a simple majority rather than a two-thirds supermajority.
Arneb wrote:Aaand the Senate determines no further witnesses will be heard. As one (Republican) Senator put it: Why hear more witnesses to prove someting that has already been proven?
Of course, that won't keeping from voting to let the Donald remain in office. The Donald is right about one thing: You'll have to stick it to him at the ballott box. Unfortunately, that just became a lot hardedr. Why again did the Democrats push for impeachment?
Just when you thought the Orange One couldn't sink any lower, he proves you wrong.
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