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To: Dacula

Congress can pass a resolution with any wording they like.

After butchering the meaning of the impeachment clause (which is actually in the Constitution) they will certainly have no inhibitions on butchering the meaning of “censuring” the President (which is not in the Constitution).

This article explains the history of censure (and notes that Congress attempted to censure Andrew Jackson.

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45087.pdf


68 posted on 12/10/2019 11:15:21 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: cgbg

The article also discusses the other three Congressional attempts to censure Presidents (Buchanan, Lincoln, Taft).


69 posted on 12/10/2019 11:16:47 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: cgbg

Thank you.


71 posted on 12/10/2019 11:47:27 AM PST by Dacula (Epstein did not kill himself.)
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