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To: OL Hickory

you can’t indite a sitting president. He would have to be convicted in a senate impeachment trial first. A president especially this one could commit mass murder and the wieners running the senate would never convict him.


71 posted on 01/31/2013 8:45:37 AM PST by waynesa98
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To: waynesa98
"you can’t indite a sitting president. He would have to be convicted in a senate impeachment trial first. "

Seems that issue remains unresolved.

FWIW -

THE PRESIDENT'S TRIAL: THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL; STARR IS WEIGHING WHETHER TO INDICT SITTING PRESIDENT

And -

Full Text: Is a Sitting President Subject to Compulsory Criminal Process?

Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.) ...

Let me take a moment to summarize my preliminary view at the outset, with the strong qualification that I remain open to persuasion. Based on a review of the Constitution, legal commentary, court ruling, and the written testimony that has been submitted for today's hearing, I enter the hearing with two preliminary thoughts. My first preliminary thought: the president would appear to be subject to the compulsory process of the criminal law. Put simply, the Constitution and our history appear to reflect the fundamental principle that no man is above the law. The president is subject to the law, not above it. If he violates the law, he can be prosecuted.

But there is a second important question, and that is this: Assuming a president can be prosecuted, should he be prosecuted, when impeachment is a viable option? I think not. Prudence dictates that absence extraordinary circumstances, that when impeachment is available to address presidential misconduct, prosecution should await the resolution of the impeachment question by the Congress.


72 posted on 01/31/2013 10:53:01 AM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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