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To: Louis Foxwell

It would be instructive to learn the conditions required to impeach the prez.

I think this is outlined in the Constitution’s Articles of Impeachment.


13 posted on 07/11/2014 10:58:54 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Huskrrrr
Here's everything the Constitution has to say on the matter:

Article 1, Section 3. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment

Article 1, Section 4. 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 2, Section 4. 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.


14 posted on 07/11/2014 11:11:39 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels"-- Tom Waits)
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To: Huskrrrr

Not my question. What would Boehner and the GOP leadership consider adequate grounds for impeachment? Apparently murder, theft, consorting with the enemy, refusing to fulfill legal obligations, tyranny and etc are insufficient grounds. Precisely what would these luminaries consider an impeachable offense?


16 posted on 07/11/2014 11:19:22 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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