Impeachment with conviction in the Senate would prevent him from holding office in the future. There are people saying the effort would be worth it to ensure he never gets a second chance.
bill On Thu., Jan. 7, 2021, 1:44 a.m. John, <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/6/2021 18:44:28, John Francis wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 06:17:56PM -0500, John wrote: > >> On 1/6/2021 17:08:28, Bill wrote: > >>> Given the brouhaha going on in DC at the moment and the fact it has > been > >>> incited by #45, does what he has done constitute treason? > >>> > >>> Note, let's not get ourselves exercised about this. I am genuinely > curious. > >>> > >>> bill > >>> > >> > >> Technically no. The Constitution defines treason very narrowly and this > >> doesn't fit within that definition. > >> > >> OTOH, it's not too late to impeach him again. > >> > >> And there's a good argument that it may be time for Pence to suck it up > and > >> invoke Clause 4 of the 25th Amendment. > >> > > > > Assuming the response from Trump would be to declare himself to be fit > to serve, > > to unseat him would require a two-thirds majority in both houses. Is > that likely? > > > > > > If the President "transmits a written declaration that no inability > exists", the > Vice President has 4 days to respond. Congress then has 21 days to > assemble and > vote. > > Trump only has 14 days left in office. > > The clock runs out before a two-thirds majority is required. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
