[sourcery]

Were the SCOTUS to rule that Obama is Constititionally incapable of being POTUS, then it would be legally and logically impossible for Congress to impeach him. Why? Because to be impeached, you first have to actually be POTUS. At that point, as a matter of law, Obama would de jure not only not be POTUS, he would never have been POTUS. He would already not be in office, nor would he ever have been.

Even with a Congress consisting entirely of Republicans, you'd be waiting for an event that, legally and logically, could never happen. Once SCOTUS rules as mentioned above, all that remains is for those who depend upon the authority of the POTUS to legitimize their official activities to respect the Constitutional chain of command by giving full weight and effect to the decision of the SCOTUS.

[little jeremiah]

Thank you - I was thinking along those lines but you said it much, much better and more clearly than I could have.

Impeachment is only for real presidents.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I can promise you that “THE PEOPLE” would get the scummy sumbitch out of the white house way before all the liars in congress finished trying to figure out how to get rid of him.

[Sola Veritas]

“Once SCOTUS rules as mentioned above, all that remains is for those who depend upon the authority of the POTUS to legitimize their official activities to respect the Constitutional chain of command by giving full weight and effect to the decision of the SCOTUS.”

I am fully sympathetic to what you all think and feel. However, as a commissioned officer of the United States I know that my “authority” to act on behalf of the U.S. is based upon my commission from the “people” through their Congress...and shall I say it...the POTUS. My commission doesn’t come from the SCOTUS. I cannot nor should not act until directed by constitutional authority. The military cannot remove a POTUS...even an illegal one...that requires the congress. Then the VPOTUS becomes CINC and orders flow from that person.

Of course, all of this discussion is purely hypothetical. Whatever, do you really want members of the military to make decisions on who is or is not POTUS? The moment that happens, then the military becomes king and not the people. Transition of authority must be orderly and constitutional and not based upon the military acting. At that point we no longer have a country, when the military deposes the CinC.

I am certain of one thing. Should the SCOTUS ever rule that POTUS Obama held office in violation of the constitution...the Congress would remove him and this whole issue is moot.

Besides, I need to make you folks aware that the military is not a monolith...it is made up of individuals with differing views. Should the SCOTUS rule against a POTUS and Congress was to (which I doubt) fail to act...then you will not see uniform agreement amoung members of the military as to what to do. I am talking about a total breakdown of the chain of command if some within that community decided to act. Some would try to stay neutral and wait for Congress to act(like myself) others would (possibly) violently want to remove the POTUS while others (more than you expect) would just as violently want to sustain the POTUS. This is not beyond the realm of possibility. Therefore, I will wait for the Congress to act in this hypothetical situation.