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To: DustyMoment

Say he’s not “impeached” but later convicted of a crime.

Either fraud, treason or something else. Could that then bar him from holding future elective office?


59 posted on 10/31/2012 12:03:41 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: ConservativeMan55
Could that then bar him from holding future elective office?Not legally for federal offices, so far as I know. Only conviction upon impeachment can carry that legal penalty. As a practical matter, it is extremely unlikely that someone convicted of crimes of office would BE elected, but you never know. Florida has a longtime Congressman, Hastings, who only ran for that office in the first place because he was a federal judge who was impeached and convicted for bribery.
68 posted on 10/31/2012 12:07:23 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: ConservativeMan55
Could that then bar him from holding future elective office?

No. But NOT because he was impeached. Federal law requires that once someone has served as POTUS, they cannot run for any other elective office.

However, that does not preclude them from being APPOINTED to serve in a variety of unelected capacities. Again, Clinton and his liberal predecessor Carter provide us with examples.

In Clinton's case, he wanted to run for another elected office after his second term ended in 2000, but was prevented by federal law. In Carter's case, look how many times he has been appointed as a "special ambassador" to represent the U.S.' interests to a variety of oppressive dictators whom he loves and gets along with - to the disadvantage of America.

155 posted on 11/01/2012 10:55:45 AM PDT by DustyMoment (Congress - another name for white collar criminals!!)
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