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To: El Gato

However the only legal action that could effect Clinton’s PRESIDENCY was impeachment. One article of impeachment was related to allegedly perjurious statements made in the Paula Jones case. Clinton was found not guilty on that article. The other article was related to obstruction of justice in the investigation of the Monica Lewinsky affair, again found not guilty.
I think we are talking about removing Obama from the office of President for not being a natural born citizen. He assumed that office at noon on Tuesday therefore impeachment is the only remedy if he is found to be ineligibile.
If a district attorney or a state Attorney General charges Obama with fraud or forgery related to his short form Certification of Live Birth then his original vault copy, long form Certification of Live Birth could be subpoenaed and compared to the copy that is on Obama’s Fight the Smears website.
If the document that he has used to qualify as natural born is proven in a court of law to be forged or fraudulent then impeachment charges for high crimes and misdeameanors could be initiated against him.


77 posted on 01/22/2009 7:57:01 PM PST by jamese777
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To: jamese777
I think we are talking about removing Obama from the office of President for not being a natural born citizen.

No we aren't. We are talking about if he is eligible for that office. If he's not, then he's not President and not only need not be impeached, he cannot be for a couple of reasons. First the Constitution speaks of removing a President, which he would not be, oath of no oath. Secondly impeachment is for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors", AFAIK, there is no crime or misdemeanor of "unconstitutionally executing the power of the office of President". So he can't be impeached for doing so.

It's uncharted territory.

92 posted on 01/22/2009 10:20:10 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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