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Posted on 11/20/2015 5:05:11 AM PST by The_Republic_Of_Maine
I was pondering this and cannot come up with any way to do it, within the guidelines of our US Constitution.
Is it possible to force a special election for president, before the next one scheduled on Nov 8, 2016?
That’s why there is the ‘impeachment’ option
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I don’t think so. It’s all laid out in Article I, with a few amendments affecting gender, age, “previous condition of servitude”, i.e. slavery, qualifying who may vote, and direct election of senators. But the timing for Federal elections is specific. The Founders avoided the inherent volatility of a Parliamentary, unwritten English Constitution, style government. The States can hold elections to fill their own offices and to pass referendums, etc. as they please under their own constitutions, but those for President and Congress are very specifically prescribed. All that could of course be changed through Article V amendment or convention.
We do have an impeachment clause. I suggest we use it.
No. And we should not want one. We need Obama to double down on what he is doing, right up to election day 2016. By the time he is out of office, at this rate, people will be hunting DemocRats with dogs. The only way we are going to see key figures in and around this administration criminally prosecuted is for him to keep it up
No, but there is Section 4the of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
Section. 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
There is no way you would get 67 Senators to vote for it.
Everyone should read the Constitution at least once a year. And you should read your state Constitution as well. Many state constitutions have rights in their Bill of Rights that are more extensive than the Federal Constitution.
If you couldn't come up with a way then what makes you think the rest of us could? Do you sell yourself that short by assuming the rest of us are that much smarter?
You don’t HAVE to. “Hillary” him. Start proceedings and drag it out tying the maniac and his staff eith b litigation while you expose his incompetence and criminality.
Because that worked so well with Bill Clinton?
But why?
The people of Oklahoma already have elections.
No, but there is the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence:
“We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”
The abuses of this regime far exede those of the British crown.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
101 Things To Do 'Til The Revolution by Claire Wolfe
One of the founders stated that the Constitution was only for a moral and religious people and inadequate for any other. When corrupted scoundrels and godless hacks are now spread across the spectrum of the branches of govt we have the results as we now have.
You could arrange for an early election by the House of Representatives, with the assistance of the Senate.
1) House impeaches Prez and VP
2)Speaker resigns
3)New speaker is elected with intention of them becoming Prez (doesn’t have to be a member of the House)
4)Senate finds Prez and VP guilty of impeachable offenses (2/3 vote)
5)New speaker who was intended to become Prez, becomes Prez
aftermath:
6)Original speaker can be elected again as Speaker of House
7)Prez with congress’ approval selects new VP
You also wrote
"Is it possible to force a special election for president, before the next one scheduled on Nov 8, 2016? "
Quit posting drivel
It is an excellent question, forget the nasties there always a few at FR that have nothing better to do than try and spread their malcontent’ness.
There is always the pitchforks option.
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