Nope and nope.
Longer answer forthcoming.
There is no constitutional means for doing so.
It is possible if there is a full moon.
No.
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.
What charge would the impeachment be based upon?
Of course there’s no “impeachment by popular demand”.
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.
If we can prove he stole my green sweater.
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.
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,
Actually, as much as I would like to see Obama thrown out on his kiester, imagine what it would be like with elections all the time to remove a president. Bush would have had at least ten such elections during his terms alone.
How do you conduct business with allies under that cloud?
While Congress and the Senate have the task, and abdicated it with regard to Clinton and Obama, I do see impeachment as a last resort, deferring to four year elections.
In Obama’s case, I do believe a careful study of his actions would result in grounds being found to remove him.
This is why it is vitally important to remove people like McCain when we get the chance.
We can’t go around trashing everyone in sight because of what they do, then rubber stamp them when they come up for re-election.
Arizona voters screwed the whole nation over when they picked McCain this month. With guys like this, you’ll never get rid of an Obama. You can take that to the bank.
You can call for the impeachment of the president, but it has to be done through Congress. It’s a wise protection against the tyranny of the majority.
Now, we do have a tyranny of Congress, so November is when we have to go “All-In.”
There are only two ways for a citizen to remove a POTUS from office: 1)every 4th year at the ballot box and 2)a method that is legally and morally wrong and will result in death or imprisonment of the citizen.
So if you are looking for an early exit for 0bama, it will take the House of Representatives’ impeaching him for a crime or high misdemeanor and the Senate’s convicting him and removing him from office. Other than that we are looking at the 2012 election.
WHICH REMINDSS ME!
Does anyone know whether a state, or a county, has made any new laws about showing the “officials” the credentials of the individuals on the ballot under their jurisdiction??
We need to have this teed up at the midterm ballot box to preclude a non birth certificate poseur from ever being elected again!
Yes, you can call for anything you want. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper and call for Obama's impeachment, or call your favoriate talk-radio show. There was an article this morning on how the Washington Times allowed an OpEd on their page calling for Obama's impeachment.
...and can we do it by ballot?
No, you cannot. You can support a candidate who runs on a platform of supporting filing articles of impeachment, but I suspect most candidates would shy away from doing that.
-PJ
The first step would be a heavy majority of courageous republicans....................................................................never mind.
We can call for impeachment but we can’t actually impeach the President. Read the constitution, it spells it out clear and simple. Citizens can call for anything, actually doing something about it is another matter.