I don't mean to nitpick, because I agree with you that Kerry is unfit to be a U.S. Senator, but you don't impeach a Senator. You can by some process kick him out of the Senate, I think, but has that ever been done to anyone in history? Not saying it hasn"t, but I am not aware of it. Just think, Tonk, if the Senate did what was right, would Edward Kennedy have been there, or would he have been kicked out long ago? Even KKK Robert Byrd was still a racist sympathizer after he was elected, many years ago. No surprise, then, that Kerry is still there. But I am all for presenting his truly hideous record to the public, again and again, and I hope it happens.
"I don't mean to nitpick, because I agree with you that Kerry is unfit to be a U.S. Senator, but you don't impeach a Senator. You can by some process kick him out of the Senate, I think, but has that ever been done to anyone in history? Not saying it hasn"t, but I am not aware of it. Just think, Tonk, if the Senate did what was right, would Edward Kennedy have been there, or would he have been kicked out long ago? Even KKK Robert Byrd was still a racist sympathizer after he was elected, many years ago. No surprise, then, that Kerry is still there. But I am all for presenting his truly hideous record to the public, again and again, and I hope it happens."
Guess I'll spend my holiday's researching what exactly NEEDS to be done.
Our "silent majority" in the US Senate will be too "busy"
And I'm NOT even a lawyer.
BUT I am determined to get a known and proven traitor out of the US Senate.
Too bad the "right wing media" are too "busy" also.
Both bodies of congress have their own disciplinary process, as detailed in the Constitution. The last member to be expelled, was Jim Trafficant, after his felony conviction.
The last disciplinary action not preceded by a felony conviction, to the best of my memory, was the expulsion of Clement Vallandigham for Southern sympathies during the Civil War. Lincoln had him deported to the south, but he snuck back in to Ohio from Canada.
Perhaps some freeper has a more accurate recollection on disciplinary histories of the Congress...
The process of removing a Senator would have to come from the Senator's own party. Conviction for a felony, gross malfeasance, bribery....these would be grounds. But then, Kerry would stand before them and say, "Let he among you cast the first stone!" Then they'd do lunch.
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst/amend.html#14sec-3
US Constitution
14th Amendment
Section 3
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Timeline of Hanoi Kerry
http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html
", but you don't impeach a Senator."
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/US-Senator
According to its records, the Senate has sat as a court of impeachment in fourteen different cases throughout its history. The accused are listed below.
William Blount, United States Senator from Tennessee. Charges dismissed for want of jurisdiction, January 14, 1799.¹
John Pickering, U.S. District Court Judge for New Hampshire. Removed from office following conviction, March 12, 1804.
Samuel Chase, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice. Acquitted March 1, 1805.
James H. Peck, U.S. District Court Judge for Missouri. Acquitted January 31, 1831.
West H. Humphreys, U.S. District Court Judge for the middle, eastern, and western districts of Tennessee. Removed from office following conviction, June 26, 1862.
Andrew Johnson, president of the United States. Acquitted May 26, 1868.
William W. Belknap, secretary of war. Acquitted August 1, 1876.
Charles Swayne, U.S. District Court Judge for the northern district of Florida. Acquitted February 27, 1905.
Robert W. Archibald, U.S. Commerce Court associate justice. Removed from office following conviction, January 13, 1913.
George W. English, U.S. District Court Judge for the eastern district of Illinois. Resigned November 4, 1926. Trial proceedings dismissed.
Harold Louderback, U.S. District Court Judge for the northern district of California. Acquitted May 24, 1933.
Halsted L. Ritter, U.S. District Court Judge for the southern district of Florida. Removed from office following conviction, April 17, 1936.
Harry E. Claiborne, U.S. District Court Judge for the district of Nevada. Removed from office following conviction, October 9, 1986.
Alcee L. Hastings, U.S. District Court Judge for the southern district of Florida. Removed from office following conviction, October 20, 1988.
Walter L. Nixon, U.S. District Court Judge for the district of Mississippi. Removed from office following conviction, November 3, 1989.
William J. Clinton, president of the United States. Acquitted February 12, 1999.