Pence could be the USA’s Admiral Doenitz > On 7 Jan 2021, at 12:54, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >> >> -- >>
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