Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

To: Dacula

Senate Censures President
March 28, 1834

Andrew Jackson attributed to Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
In 1833, the Senate clashed with President Andrew Jackson in a fight over the survival of the Bank of the United States. After months of debate and recriminations, in an unprecedented and never-repeated tactic, the Senate censured the president on March 28, 1834.

https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Censures_President.htm

from wikipedia...

There are also no legal consequences that come with a reprimand or censure. The main difference is that a reprimand is “considered a slap on the wrist and can be given in private and even in a letter”, while a censure is “a form of public shaming in which the politician must stand before his peers to listen to the censure resolution”.[3]

The first use of censure in the United States was directed at Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who was a member of George Washington’s cabinet.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censure_in_the_United_States

Trump will not stand and listen to anything.

Trump should censure House Democrats.


43 posted on 12/10/2019 10:37:18 AM PST by Eddie01
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies ]


To: Eddie01
while a censure is “a form of public shaming in which the politician must stand before his peers to listen to the censure resolution”.[3]

So is it an impeachable offense if the president refuses to stand before his peers to listen to the censure? Or would they just censure him for doing that?
61 posted on 12/10/2019 11:06:35 AM PST by mmichaels1970
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson