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To: Emperor Palpatine

Is impeachment and removal from office the maximum punishment for POTUS? Or can he be arrested and charged with a crime after removal?


16 posted on 04/12/2011 11:57:49 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: SVTCobra03

Well, if he’s proven constitutionally ineligible for office, then in my mind he never WAS president to begin with. So go ahead and charge him just like you would any bit of run-o’-the mill criminal filth.


19 posted on 04/12/2011 12:02:13 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!)
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To: SVTCobra03
Is impeachment and removal from office the maximum punishment for POTUS? Or can he be arrested and charged with a crime after removal?

Yes he can be charged. Impeachment is only the process for removing him from office for a crime committed. But he will stand for his crimes.

20 posted on 04/12/2011 12:02:13 PM PDT by GregNH (Re-Elect "No Body")
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To: SVTCobra03

High crimes and misdemeanors.

I really do not know how this will go down. This is a criminal case of the highest degree. I think, think, that the SCOTUS will order him removed from office. The two justices put in by and under Obama will have to step aside. So 7 will be the number of the supreme court on this case.


23 posted on 04/12/2011 12:11:58 PM PDT by crz
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To: SVTCobra03

Removal from office and banning from further federal office is all that the Senate can do. But it is possible (under explicit constitutional language) to indict, try and convict the removed for the crimes which led to the impeachment and removal.


49 posted on 04/12/2011 1:15:59 PM PDT by arrogantsob
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To: SVTCobra03

“Is impeachment and removal from office the maximum punishment for POTUS? Or can he be arrested and charged with a crime after removal?”

If impeached by Congress, and found guilty, POTUS leaves office and is just another criminal.


66 posted on 04/12/2011 2:02:16 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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