Posted on 06/02/2014 4:19:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
On December 20, 1998 the House of Representatives approved a two-article bill of impeachment against President William Jefferson Clinton. In it, Clinton was accused of lying to a grand jury, suborning witnesses’ perjury in a civil case, and other such criminal conduct. What was missing from the Senate trial on that indictment — and from the nation at that time — was the political momentum to remove Clinton from office. So, like the only other president so far to be impeached, Clinton was not convicted in the Senate trial that followed.
Andy McCarthy, a former senior federal prosecutor, has written the new book Faithless Execution, which is both a powerful case for the impeachment of Barack Obama and also a politically savvy explanation of why it will never happen. It’s brilliant and frustrating. Brilliant because of the constitutional analysis of the impeachment mechanism and frustrating because it recognizes that no matter how deserving of it he may be, Barack Obama will never be impeached.
Article II Section 4 of the Constitution says that the President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States “…shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Treason and bribery are, of course, crimes prosecutable in federal court. When impeachment is discussed — and it’s not in polite company these days because timorous Republicans are frightened by mere mention of the “i-word” — it’s largely understood to encompass only criminal conduct.
But that’s not what the Framers understood it to mean...
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Then arrest and frog march him out of the WH. Just get him out.
Exactly what part of impeachment does Obama not qualify for?
“Quit doing the Tokyo Rose thing...”
I can hope, but the whole fear of being called a (gasp) racist has the house stupidly frozen in fear. I pray there is one brave soul who will stand up and say what needs to be said, but I am not holding my breath. Any ONE of these scandals would have brought down our guy, but Obama remains unfazed. The IRS thing shoukd have done it. The VA thing is unforgivable, and now the prisoner swap...there seems to be no end to it. What straw will break this camel’s back?
One horror after another after another isn't a 'mistake'. It's a plan - intentional - a tactic.
His message is 'You can't fight back'. Which is why people who carry that message must be called out.
Of course Obama's wrong - anyone who assists him if he does a totalitarian attempt will spend the remaining years of their life in prison. Holder's NOT the law. Either is Obama. Little mistakes like that will cause them to lose.
Politically, democrats know their future is Hispanic. There's more of 'em and they have money.
Besides - blacks have no place else to go. Blacks played 'abused wife' for so long no one believes their laments. The empty promises/lies democrats feed them aren't credible... "Honey I'll never hit you again and I'll be a good husband from now on..." is laughable after 40 years of broken promises.
Those of us outside of that dem/black creepy co-dependent thing want to run away and not know them, not see them, not hear them... Don't sweat the 'race' thing - it's over.
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