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Question. Can "We" as citizens call for impeachment of the President and can we do it by ballot?
Posted on 09/02/2010 2:16:50 PM PDT by jongaltsr
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:16:51 PM PDT
by
jongaltsr
To: jongaltsr
Nope and nope.
Longer answer forthcoming.
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:18:13 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(PALIN/MCCAIN IN 2012 - barf alert? sarc tag? -- can't decide)
To: jongaltsr
There is no constitutional means for doing so.
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:18:52 PM PDT
by
Danae
(Anal nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do che'l de'nmha.)
To: jongaltsr
It is possible if there is a full moon.
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:19:47 PM PDT
by
Mark was here
(It's either Obama or America. There cannot be both.)
To: jongaltsr
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:20:02 PM PDT
by
Grunthor
(My coffee creamer is fat free because I am not.)
To: Danae
To: Responsibility2nd
Nope? and why not.
He was elected by the citizens on a ballot - why can’t he be impeached on a ballot?
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:21:12 PM PDT
by
jongaltsr
(It)
To: jongaltsr
What you suggest sounds like a recall? With a recall, first the state voters essentially hold a no-confidence vote in the executive (aka usually the governor/mayor) and if the people do not want said magistrate returning, they choose from a list of alternatives. Recalls were a product of the first Progressive Era.
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:21:18 PM PDT
by
Andrea19
To: jongaltsr
What charge would the impeachment be based upon?
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:21:53 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Many wonder why we don't have flying cars in 2010. I ask, "Where's my frikken Unicorn, FUBO?")
To: jongaltsr
Of course there’s no “impeachment by popular demand”.
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:23:53 PM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Truman: The buck stops here. Obama: Buck? What buck? Did I tell you how it's all Bush's fault?)
To: jongaltsr
All impeachment power under the constitution is invested in Congress. The House votes for “articles of impeachment”, which if passed the person is “impeached”. A subsequent trial takes place in the senate. If the person is found guilty there by 2/3 majority, he is removed from office.
To: jongaltsr
Nope? and why not. He was elected by the citizens on a ballot - why can’t he be impeached on a ballot?
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:26:10 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(PALIN/MCCAIN IN 2012 - barf alert? sarc tag? -- can't decide)
To: jongaltsr
No, but this would work:
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:26:21 PM PDT
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality: Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: jongaltsr
If we can prove he stole my green sweater.
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:26:24 PM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: jongaltsr
It seems to me that that would be entirely in keeping with the basic principles of the Constitution.
The framers wrote it just that way because they understood how tyrannical governments can become and when that happens, they provided the tools for the people to retake control.
That was the basis for the American Revolution.
To: jongaltsr
” He was elected by the citizens on a ballot - why can’t he be impeached on a ballot? “
Not exactly —
He was elected by the States, through ‘Electors’ in the Electoral College - which traditionally (but not always) reflect the consensus of the voters in their state...
Cumbersome, yes, but it kept us from President Al Gore.....
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:26:44 PM PDT
by
Uncle Ike
(Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
To: jongaltsr
Short legal opinion; no and no. Simply not constitutional.
There is hope however that one or more of the plaintiffs suing on the Natural Born Citizen issue may get standing and proceed on those grounds.
If he was found to not be an NBC, that in itself is cause for removal, and running for Prez knowing you were not qualified would be a High Crime and/or Misdemeanor,
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:27:02 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR, since 1998.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
What charge would the impeachment be based upon?
Superseding his authority, his constitutional powers and I bet we could get a long list of other charges if given time to think about the things he has and is doing to our freedoms.
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:27:10 PM PDT
by
jongaltsr
(It)
To: jongaltsr
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:27:23 PM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: jongaltsr
He was elected by the Electoral College, not by you or I. Impeachment is not a popularity contest. It is a process that is initiated as a result of illegal activity on the part of the offending party. If you want to get rid of Obama, vote in November and in 2012.
Why am I answering these questions on FR?
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posted on
09/02/2010 2:27:31 PM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Truman: The buck stops here. Obama: Buck? What buck? Did I tell you how it's all Bush's fault?)
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