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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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To: El Gato; Jim Robinson
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....

I can't believe I'm reading this crap on Free Republic. We are sounding like the "Selected not Elected" crowd on DU.

Is this going to go on for the next 4 or 8 years?

Obama was elected. This is a reality we need to deal with. Pretending that we can overturn the election by filing frivolous lawsuits makes conservatives look as insane as the leftists that could never grasp the idea that Bush won the election in 2000.

Conservatives do not overturn elections by going to court. That is what liberals do. Conservatives lick our wounds and then fight to win the next election.

100 posted on 01/22/2009 10:42:19 PM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: El Gato

There is nothing in the Constitution about disqualifying a person who has been sworn in as President and whose Electoral College votes were certified by the Vice President in his role as President of the Senate. If one Representative and one Senator had objected to the Certification of the vote of the Electoral College on January 8th, perhaps there would be Constitutional grounds but that didn’t happen.
Now impeachment is the only Constitutional option.


112 posted on 01/23/2009 12:03:48 AM PST by jamese777
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