Well, Justin, here is the theory as I understand it in all its odious glory.
The 14th Amendment prohibits default, basically. Here is the relevant text: *Section 4.* The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. So Gohmert, and others, argue that in the current battle, Obama is choosing to not pay the public debt of the United States. They say that with that even if Congress does not raise the debt limit or start funding the government again, Obama could still choose to take tax receipts and pay interest on public debt and, instead, not pay for other things, like Social Security, government salaries, etc. And that if the Treasury missed a debt interest payment, regardless of reason, that would put the Executive in violation of the 14th Amendment and therefore it would be an impeachable crime. Now, I think that by that twisted interpretation, we could just as easily say that we are stopping all payments to Rep. Gohmert's home state of Texas because they are clearly engaged in an insurrection against the United States. But crazy isn't going to understand. Judah On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > > > The dailycurrant.com article is satire. > > Indeed, the people who were sanding on an overpass on I-75 with a > giant "impeach Obama" banner last Friday at rush hour were pretty real > though. Big difference between a few people on an overpass and > Congress going that route though. To all of those people who wish to > impeach Obama, I would ask what crime, specifically, they would charge > him with and what evidence would they bring if they were prosecuting > that crime? > > > -Justin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367777 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
