--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" > <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > > Is Nancy Pelosi running for President - I thought Hilary > > > > Clinton was your favorite candidate. > > > > > > Bhairitu wrote: > > > Duh! She's who will be President once we impeach Bush and Cheney. > > > > > D'oh! Without a trial? > > > > > Don't you know the rules of succession? > > > > > Don't you know the law of impeachement - first you have to bring > > charges and have a trial in the Senate. You have read the U.S. > > Constitution, right? > > Nope, wrong. Bringing the charges *is* impeachment. > Impeachment is parallel to indictment in criminal law. > Impeachment precedes and mandates trial.
Impeachment is decided on in the House. After that is trial in the Senate. > > Clinton was impeached and tried but not convicted. > For Pelosi to become president, Bush and Cheney would > have to be impeached *and* convicted. >
