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To: FMBass

Conviction immediately removes the defendant from office. Following conviction, the Senate may vote to further punish the individual by barring him or her from holding future federal office, elected or appointed. As the threshold for disqualification is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, the Senate has taken the position that disqualification votes only require a simple majority rather than a two-thirds supermajority. The Senate has used disqualification sparingly, as only three individuals have been disqualified from holding future office.


70 posted on 01/08/2021 3:27:15 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Williams

Thanks for the clarification.


80 posted on 01/08/2021 3:34:19 PM PST by FMBass (USN DE-1074 NNTaleb fan )
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To: Williams

if he’s no longer in office it becomes a bill of attainder, no matter what they call it.


116 posted on 01/08/2021 4:19:55 PM PST by no-s (Soap box, ballot box, jury box, cartridge box...you know how it goes...)
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