This could be part of a deal Trump made with McCarthy.
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I think you’re onto something.
McCarthy seems to be initially moving toward making good on his quid pro quo commitments. But after awhile he will slide right back into the McCarthy of old. He made the accommodations he had to make to get the Speakership. Eventually he’ll feel he’s done enough and become another Paul Ryan.
He shouldn’t just consider it,he should just do it.🤔
Let the record show that it was nothing but a crass political maneuver.
He should expunge the impeachments, not because Trump didn’t commit impeachable offenses (he clearly didn’t), but because of the violations of the Constitution and the House policies and procedures . . .
Hillary shaken her head no,no,no
Not sure how that would even work from a constitutional perspective....
Sounds like just sound bites to me.
Expunge his impeachments!
Even if you spent the time and effort, what difference does it make?
How about a new game. How about exposing the truth about Congresspeople and three letter acronyms involvement in blocking freedom of the press, and thus preventing free and fair elections? How about the TRUTH, and Videos, of Jan 6th, WHATEVER that might be. How about BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
Let’s do stuff that actually helps and protects the Constitution.
“BREAKING: Kevin McCarthy Says He Would Consider Expunging Trump’s Impeachments Surrender Monkeys hardest hit details at 10.
Unsent.
There's an actual question in his mind, that it merits being expunged?
This is silly posturing for stupid people.
It means exactly and precisely nothing.
That alone would make the effort worthwhile. This suggestion of doing it is worthwhile on that basis alone.
Nah.
Expunging won’t get back the time wasted and the money spent.
Besides, there is no stain on President Trump’s record that needs to be expunged. Being impeached twice by that scum is nothing but a badge of honor.
As for these Republicans who hardly lifted a finger to defend him when it was happening - there should be no absolution.
PRAWFS BLAWG
Can An Impeachment Be Repealed?
Suppose Republicans retake the House of Representatives in 2020. In the new House, they promptly repeal of what they consider the unjust impeachment of President Trump. Can they do that?
The answer, I think, is yes. It’s never been done before, but I am hard pressed to see why the House is bound by an impeachment passed by a prior one. This is different from an impeachment and a conviction. The Senate’s judgment in impeachment trials is final. The impeachment itself, though, is not different from any other House resolution. (There is an analogy here to the Senate’s Censure of Andrew Jackson in 1834, which a different Senate expunged three years later.) I doubt, though, that a repeal of an impeachment will mean that people will say that President Trump was not impeached.
Posted by Gerard Magliocca on December 12, 2019 at 09:12 PM | Permalink
COMMENTS
YES, they absolutely can expunge. The HOUSE has the sole power of impeachment, they can invalidate a partisan impeachment if they choose. There is little fear that this would be done when not warranted, as it would take a majority to do so and most would not take on the political heat. But impeachment is simply a HOUSE RESOLUTION, as such can be undone by a HOUSE RESOLUTION as long as there was not a conviction by the superior chamber of Congress.
Posted by: Charles Waters | Feb 24, 2020 4:14:36 PM
Censure is the public reprimanding of a public official for inappropriate conduct or voting behavior. ... Unlike impeachment, censure has no basis in the Constitution or in the rules of the Senate and House of Representatives. It derives from the formal condemnation of either congressional body of their own members.
Posted by: mike Rehkop | Feb 8, 2020 4:11:59 AM
Jackson’s censure removal is not the same as an impeachment removal.
Posted by: mike Rehkop | Feb 8, 2020 4:09:51 AM