Re: Cod & Zucchini (WAS: Re: Trump on verge of victory as Fox calls Pennsylvania for him)

On 2024-11-08, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 11/8/2024 4:57 PM, Ed P wrote:

On 11/8/2024 4:27 PM, jmcquown wrote:

On 11/8/2024 3:46 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2024-11-08 2:10 p.m., jmcquown wrote:

On 11/8/2024 10:47 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

I worry about it some, but there's not much I can do.  I would
put pretty good odds on a palace coup, with Trump being forced
out under the 25th Amendment.

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Nobody takes Impeachment seriously anymore; it sure doesn't seem to
work with this guy.
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Maybe they don't take so seriously because they don't really know
what it is.
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As far as I can determine, there has never been a US President who was
Impeached who was ever actually forced out of office.

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None ever were.  Nixon was impeached and he resigned.
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Lots of impeachments (Clinton, too, IIRC) but none were ever forced out
of office.  It's a rather useless amendment dating back to the 1800's.

 It's not an amendment.  It's Article II, Section 4.
 Don't forget that impeachment is what happens in the House.
It brings charges against a public official.  The trial happens
in the Senate and requires a two-thirds majority to convict.