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To: Lurking Libertarian

very interesting.

So....If a president committed murder he would have to be impeached first before he could be arrested, charged, and tried? ( Wow!)


172 posted on 02/21/2010 12:43:45 PM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid!)
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To: wintertime

In that circumstance, not exactly. The president could be charged and tried for murder. US v. Nixon established that.

However, the president would still be president.

What would probably occur is that the 25th Amendment would be invoked so that someone is running the country and then the president could be impeached, tried, and convicted.


174 posted on 02/21/2010 1:21:31 PM PST by MrRobertPlant2009
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To: wintertime
So....If a president committed murder he would have to be impeached first before he could be arrested, charged, and tried? ( Wow!)

I'm not saying he would have to be; the isue is undecided.

177 posted on 02/22/2010 9:37:14 AM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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