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To: Uncle Chip

Not really. Look up the “political question” doctrine - it’s an entire realm of problems which the courts cede to the Congress. Courts could make decisions in those areas but they recognize that they would be invading the territory of another branch of government. So, under the notion of separation of powers, they don’t go there. It’s not as though they could grant standing to a plaintiff and then decide a “political question” brought by that plaintiff. In the situation with Obama - again it is a novel (and very strange) situation - but clearly removal of a President once in office is left to the Congress. But their Constitutional imprimatur is to remove on conviction of “high crimes and misdemeanors” while in office only.


15 posted on 10/12/2009 8:41:05 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Wally_Kalbacken
Courts could make decisions in those areas but they recognize that they would be invading the territory of another branch of government.

Since when did that ever stop them???

16 posted on 10/12/2009 8:45:22 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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