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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Susan Collins represents a state that Trump lost. Cheney has no such excuse. She represents a state that a Trump just won by his widest margin of ANY state.
Political whore
It's not constitutional, but that doesn't stop the RATS these days because they've got enough judges out there to keep anything they pass in effect until it hits SCOTUS where they figure they can get Roberts and one of the three Trump-appointed cowards to uphold it.
However, this one is particularly important for them to get into the system because it's against President Trump so they can continue their Khan routine—"I've done far worse than kill you, Admiral. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you."—while working toward packing the Court with six more leftist justices which will undoubtedly make it constitutional along with a host of other horrible things.
Jehu convinced all the priests of Baal to meet in one place, had them all killed, and then he had Jezebel thrown off the palace wall.
Trump could not do that and did not try, which is why he is going to suffer while Jezebel and the priests of Baal will keep stealing and debauching the nation for their own purposes.
The GOP fluffers tell us to just keep voting R jersey no matter how bad they are or how much we are betrayed.
The Whig party would still be around if that thinking was prevalent in the 1850s.
If they truly beat him with the most votes in history, they wouldn’t have to prevent him from running again. They would have nothing to worry about. Just saying...
I was pretty sure they couldn’t put a British subject/Kenyan/Indonesian national in the Oval Office, but they did it anyway.
I was pretty sure they would get called on all the fraud, too.
Sometimes it’s worse than I thought.
Collins, Susan M? Contact
COLLINS, Susan M. (R-ME) SD-413[zip 04401] 204-224-2523
jic, for those with gumption?
Take care........pilgrim
Or figure like that natural born citizen thing, the unconstitutionality of it this just a minor detail.
They know it, we know it, and they know that we know it.
That’s why they’re trying to crush us and eliminate him.
Trump is still a private citizen. The Senate has no jurisdiction over a private citizen. A Congressional Censure that attempts to deprive a private citizen the right to public office would be unconstitutional. The qualifications for running for the office of President are set forth in the Constitution and don’t include permission from Congress.
Definition of bill of attainder. : a legislative act that imposes punishment without a trial.
The NaziCommies are inventing a fantasy world, just like the Nazis and the German people of the Third Reich did all those years ago...
I’m fairly certain Trump won’t run again, but he’ll wield a heavy fist behind the scenes for the next several elections.
So they can chase that boogieman all they want. It only shows their fear and weakness, and in the end, whatever they do will likely be struck down by the Supreme Court — if it gets to them before Biden stacks it.
If President Trump wanted to lead an insurrection, he would get at least 3 million supporters, and 50 million sympathizers. I doubt He and his military advisers would start in DC.
I totally agree. But wouldn’t it be fun to see Trump appeal to Supreme Court and have them slap down these moron radicals in Congress now? Assuming at least that Roberts agrees after declining to preside last week.
The bitch has been sleeping with the Democrap Dogs for too long. She needs to be “put to sleep!”
Stop the pretense Susan, your papers show a lack of pedigree!
There is one ironic convicted criminal in Congress— he was the Impeachment Manager in the House the first go round on Trump.
His name: Alcee Hastings- who was impeached by a democrat House as a Federal Judge, on Bribery and Perjury. The impeachment trial went to the Senate (also Democrat run)— where he was CONVICTED of both crimes and REMOVED from the Federal bench permanently. But he was not censured to never be allowed to run for public office. He ran for Congress in Liberty City/Miami and has been there ever since- presumably still taking bribes. And HE was chosen by Nanzi Pelousi(nee D’alessando mafia princess) to head up the legal part of the impeachment.
Just beyond belief. He is one crooked lying
I always say to myself she acts retarded. She talks like she’s retarded. Now I know she is retarded.
We need to put all our effort into getting rid of Susan Collins as soon as she is up for election again.
Come On Man!
So sexist if you think about it.
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