Posted on 01/19/2018 6:50:40 AM PST by simpson96
A Harvard Law School professor and Newsweek magazine were recently mocked after uncritically suggesting a scenario in which Hillary Clinton could still become the president.
Lawrence Lessig, the Roy L. Furman professor of law and leadership at Harvard Law School, outlined a scenario in which the former senator could take the reins of power in the event of a series of impeachments of the Trump administration.
If President Trump resigns or gets impeached, Vice President Mike Pence resigns or is impeached and House Speaker Paul Ryan – who would legally become the heir to the top job – appoints Clinton as his deputy and then resigns, Clinton would become the president, the professor said.(snip)
The hypothetical scenario was mocked on social media, with some pointing out that the U.S. Constitution and the existing laws clearly define the line of succession – leaving no actual legal avenue for Clinton to take office, contrary to the professor’s claims.
Others have taken an issue with the magazine for pushing the theory without scrutiny.
“What's left of Newsweek is actively making people dumber and less informed and honestly should be unfollowed and shunned for this kind of behavior,” wrote Wall Street Journal journalist Byron Tau.
The professor reiterated in the interview with the magazine that such scenario remains a possibility despite not seeing solid evidence confirming “whether there was some conspiracy to steal the election.”
“But that’s very different from saying I think it will happen, or should happen, or [that] the evidence is there for it to happen,” he told Newsweek.
If the Trump administration is found to have colluded with a foreign government, Lessig said Trump should be removed from power.
“Absolutely, he’s got to resign, and if he doesn’t resign, then absolutely Congress needs to impeach him,” he said.
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Where in the presidential succession does “Sea Hag” fall in?
Citizen of what world? Which one did he come from?
Year Three of “You Just Can’t Make This S*** Up!” is well under way!
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OMG, and these are the best and brightest? What a joke. These people are truly mentally ill.
Lawrence Lessig is a demented loser.
He should be in a padded cell somewhere, undergoing 24-hour observation. He is bat-crap crazy.
There is no justice in the USA as long as Bill and Hillary Clinton are not in prison.
“Where in the presidential succession does Sea Hag fall in?”
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Somewhere between “bitch” and “criminal.”
G-d, what a nut!
Plan 9 front Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space
I have a more realistic scenario:
President Trump is impeached and convicted.
1) Vice President Pence resigns.
2) Speaker Paul Ryan resigns.
3) President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch resigns.
4) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson resigns.
5) Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin resigns.
6) Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis resigns.
7) Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigns.
8) Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke resigns.
9) Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue resigns.
10) Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross resigns.
11) Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta resigns.
12) Secretary of Health and Human Services Eric Hargan resigns.
13) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson resigns.
14) Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao resigns.
15) Secretary of Energy Rick Perry resigns.
16) Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos resigns.
17) Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin resigns.
17) Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen resigns.
18) *****MAGICK!!!!*****
19) Hillary Clinton becomes President.
God, Larry sounds like a nut.
18) *****MAGICK!!!!*****
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More like
2) Vice President Pence resigns.
3) DOJ indicts (3-19) and declares Senate Minority leader acting executive, who then restructures the entire remaining cabinet and appoints all new staff.
A fantasy is a fantasy. Magic is magic. If you’re going to do it, may as well get right to it.
Delutional Rats.
Let us just cut to the chase:
1) President Trump is overthrown illegally by the Media/Democrat/Republican cabal.
2) The Constitution is declared null and void.
3) The Media/Democrat/Republican cabal declares Hillary Clinton the new Potentate.
Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. Hillary supporters are from Pluto.
Hillary took money from muzzy countries and should be in jail.
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