Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
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They better hurry up... they only have 6 days left (since today is over).
I don't expect the trial to happen until after Biden takes office.They better hurry up... they only have 6 days left (since today is over).
Correct, I believe.I don't expect the trial to happen until after Biden takes office.
Historic? Yes. Historic achievement? Not even close.An historic achievement.
Nothing more than a charge of misconduct, for pretty much any reason at all. It is not a legal indictment of any sort, but if both houses in the US (with a 2/3 majority in the Senate) agree, then the person impeached can be removed from their office and, at the discretion of the Senate, denied the right to hold federal public office again.Also can someone enlighten me on what impeachment actually is?
I’ve been hearing about it for like ever. But all my sources are either American, so they treat it like something you should know by default. Or Aus, in which case they seem more bemused than explanatory.
Oh I see. ThanksNothing more than a charge of misconduct, for pretty much any reason at all. It is not a legal indictment of any sort, but if both houses in the US (with a 2/3 majority in the Senate) agree, then the person impeached can be removed from their office and, at the discretion of the Senate, denied the right to hold federal public office again.
Also can someone enlighten me on what impeachment actually is?
I’ve been hearing about it for like ever. But all my sources are either American, so they treat it like something you should know by default. Or Aus, in which case they seem more bemused than explanatory.
Also can someone enlighten me on what impeachment actually is?
Also can someone enlighten me on what impeachment actually is?
I’ve been hearing about it for like ever. But all my sources are either American, so they treat it like something you should know by default. Or Aus, in which case they seem more bemused than explanatory.
Impeachment is, in essence, a criminal charge brought against the president. But it is leveled by Congress, not by a prosecutor.
One aspect of this is that this is a power reserved to the Congress. Whether a sitting president can be charged in a criminal proceeding *other* than impeachment is a matter of debate (it hasn't ever made it to the Supreme Court for a decision).
After the House of Representatives votes to impeach a president, the matter then goes to the Senate for trial. But, the jury is the whole of the Senate.
If the Senate votes to convict by a 2/3 majority of those present, the president is removed from office. By another vote, the Senate can also ban the President from seeking public office again.
In this case, Trump will be out of office before the Senate conducts the trial, but there is still the valuable penalty of not allowing Trump to hold future office.
That would be a win for the taxpayer.Not to mention that if the senate also impeaches him, he loses most if not all of the perks of a former president.
He wasn’t already? I thought that’s why he was so orange