Posted on 01/28/2021 4:14:11 PM PST by Hojczyk
A censure effort led by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins would bar former President Donald Trump from holding the office again while avoiding an impeachment trial, a Democrat drafting it with her said on Wednesday.
The proposal from Collins and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, was criticized by some as toothless after it was first reported by Axios on Tuesday. But it was fleshed out in interviews over the course of Wednesday in which Democrats pitched the effort as a bid to disqualify the president from running again — perhaps without a trial.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, told reporters in Washington that Collins and Kaine’s censure will “include the elements of the 14th Amendment” — a response to the Civil War that says those who have engaged in insurrection against the country cannot serve in federal office and allows Congress to enforce that provision — “that lead to disqualification from future office.”
Collins’ office did not directly answer questions on the 14th Amendment part of the censure or whether she agreed with Kaine’s view that it allowed for disqualification. Kaine said the measure could be introduced by next week.
In Washington on Wednesday, Collins also did not answer a reporter’s question about the 14th Amendment portion, according to a readout provided by her office, saying “we’re still going through language” but saying the measure would be “in lieu of a trial.” She added that it was being advanced as an acknowledgement of a political reality that Trump is unlikely to be convicted.
“Senator Collins and Senator Kaine are working on language, which is not final and will not be released until they have reached agreement,” Collins spokesperson Annie Clark said in a statement late Wednesday.
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“Proposal from Susan Collins-led group would bar Trump from presidency”
This is the Republican party.
Please explain. How are you going to reform the Republican party?
Liz Cheney Part II
Susan Collins was Liz Cheney before Liz Cheney was Liz Cheney. She was one of the votes against Obamacare repeal.
She is just like Mitt the Twit, get Trump to back your re-election and then “et tu Brute”
This is an admission that they have nothing and they need to make something up. Any deal with Chris Coons in it is made of snake urine.
OK, so how was the 14th Amendment prohibition implemented? I assume that every ex U.S. officer who served in the Confederate military and every ex-elected U.S. official who became part of the Confederate government were banned from U.S. office until pardoned by Congress.
I seriously doubt that there was any question of who participated in the Civil War on the side of the South. How is what happened on January 6th in any way comparable? Was President Trump part of the “mob” that “stormed” the sacred halls of the Capitol?
I’m seriously getting tired of this crap from people who hold high office in our government.
Pretty sure they can’t do that.
This coming from someone who is elected office for life, if she wants it. If she was under the threat of real term limits, I wonder if that would affect her thoughts about President Trump.
I understand the hate but not the stupidity.
We need to all let the RNC know they won’t get a cent from us if this is approved!
“Unconstitutional:
Indeed. Professor Dershowitz was just on NewsMax and said exactly that. He said, short of President Trump being convicted of a felony there is nothing the Congress can do to prevent him from running again.
I fear for his entire family .
“These stupid people believe this Bill of Attainder is legal.”
How many states do you think might view it as legal? At least legal enough to find some hack-judge to keep Trump’s name off of state ballots.
They don’t have 67 votes but they have 50. So they pass this crap and Trump runs anyway. How would they stop him?
I am not sure the Supremes would even get involved or if they did I don’t see them supporting the dems on this. Of course if there are 15 SC justices by that time all bets are off.
The dems would have to stack the SC court to defend this boneheaded move.
Pfft. No legal authority to do so.
Oh Susie Q
How I loathe you
Yes it is.
They think they can do anything and we will swallow it.
Because we swallowed the Kenyanesian Usurpation.
By my reckoning, IF there had been an insurrection, none of the liars, thieves and perverts would be alive today. Ergo, no insurrection.
Next item on the agenda.
Trump endorsed Mccain, Romney, Grahamnesty, a slew of other Bush League Republicans.
They stabbed him the back.
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