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To: HapaxLegamenon
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.
Ya, ya, ya.
We already know all that.
I'm looking for alternatives
Congress finds it hard to get rid of one of their own for the very reason that "We The People" might once again regain power over them.
Give me alternatives, not the obvious methods that we and "Congress" are already aware of.
24 posted on 09/02/2010 2:32:09 PM PDT by jongaltsr (It)
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To: jongaltsr

It’s called voting.


25 posted on 09/02/2010 2:33:40 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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To: jongaltsr

” Give me alternatives, not the obvious methods that we and “Congress” are already aware of. “

Of course, we could just ignore the Constitution completely, when it inconveniently doesn’t fit our agenda- then we’d be just like the Liberals...


32 posted on 09/02/2010 2:36:55 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: jongaltsr
Give me alternatives, not the obvious methods that we and "Congress" are already aware of.

There are NO alternatives to the Constitutional processes ... unless you'd prefer another form of government.

What part of this don't you understand.

33 posted on 09/02/2010 2:37:49 PM PDT by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: jongaltsr
"We the people"... cannot impeach. What we can do is vote them out, or sit on a grand jury and indict them one by one.

An alternative (possibly dangerous) would be to move your state legislature to petition congress to call a constitutional convention. But once the convention is called, the delegates could do whatever they want.

51 posted on 09/02/2010 3:03:51 PM PDT by HapaxLegamenon
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