A sitting President, which despite the illegality, is what Obama is, can be removed only by:
(1)Impeachment in the House and Conviction in the Senate.
(2)Resignation
(3)A congressional finding of incompetence to exercise the office
(4)Death
MHG has long felt that by the original ineligibility, Obama is actually not the President. Since he occupies the office and exercises the powers, that is a moot point. Furthermore, there is nowhere to bring that point for consideration.
Eggs ackley. Thanks for clarifying what I obviously muddled. At this stage, barry bassturd is the sitting presdient, so what happens if criminal behavior is proven via discovery? The Paula Jones thing was a civil suit, not a trial on criminal charges, IIRC. What is the mechanism, or is there such to address unprosecuted past criminal behavior of a sitting president? The issue really comes down to harping on the criminality to the point that democrats see they will be held accountable at the ballot box for protecting a criminal in office and continuing to enable his criminality. Or so it seems to me, and that’s why I don’t intend to stop harping on the BC issues ... there is criminal behavior folded into several layers of that issue.
Being overly legalistic about it misses the point. Obama is the Supreme Executive of America, be he a legitimate President or not. It's not like his powers don't work if he rose to power in violation of the law. Power is wielded by the State, and Obama is the State.
The only reason he's won't step down, even if proven to be a Natural Born Citizen of the planet Saturn, is that nobody will make him.
Tradition does require him to stand for reelection, and leave after his 2nd term, but this is a different issue. The law isn't his problem, it's that people will *make* him step down if he refuses to. Maybe not as many as there should be, but more than enough to make it not worth his time to try.
Just be clear about it. It's consequences that tyrants respect, not dusty laws.