Posted on 06/05/2019 4:32:42 PM PDT by Jagermonster
Impeachment is presented as a binary choice – but Congress has other options for dealing with perceived presidential offenses, including censure. And in some ways, an unofficial impeachment inquiry has already started.
Yes or no: Do you favor impeaching President Donald Trump? That’s the question Democratic politicians around the country are being battered with – at town halls, in fundraisers, during TV interviews. Support for impeachment has been slowly rising among Democrats in Congress, within the large Democratic presidential field, and among the American people.
Now that retired special counsel Robert Mueller has spoken publicly about his Trump-Russia investigation, effectively leaving next steps to Congress, the question has gained fresh urgency.
But “impeachment, up or down” may not be the right question. Indeed, in responding to a president who defies subpoenas and whom a significant portion of Americans view as unfit for office, Congress is not facing a binary choice. The options are many, including another form of sanction for perceived wrongdoing: censure, a formal reprimand in the form of a majority resolution by one or both houses of Congress.
“It’s a symbolic gesture that would please no one, but it might be the best alternative,” says a Democratic strategist, speaking on background.
Unlike impeachment, which is the constitutional procedure for expelling a president before the end of his term, censure is not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. But it’s an option – rarely used – that would at least convey moral outrage over certain presidential actions, for those who feel it. The Mueller report found no provable conspiracy between Trump associates and Russia in the 2016 election, but it detailed 10 examples of potential obstruction of justice by the president.
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Indeed, in responding to a president who defies subpoenas and whom a significant portion of Americans view as unfit for office,
America’s Lefties are daily screaming Bloody Murder at Trump’s return to traditional American values.
Re:Indeed, in responding to a president who defies subpoenas and whom a significant portion of Americans view as unfit for office,
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Where were they when Obama was in office?
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They were busy being white guilt-ridden hypocrites. Now they have time to be full time Trump haters.
It’s a “because we say so” charge.
And, so we’re good and Orange Man is bad, so...neeener neeener!
How is that different from attempted speeding?
Elton John’s old outfit
Yeah - how about instead of impeachment you liberal dumbasses just shut up and respect your betters.
Everyone in this country needs to thank God for giving us Trump to lead us to prosperity.
If they censure Trump I could envision Trump tweeting out a video of him chunking it in the trash can along with the Mueller report.
Half the country is completely insane.
So if they replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill because he was a slaveholder, they can replace him with Donald Trump?
2008 and 2012 proved that, for certain.
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