> On 07 January 2021 at 13:08 Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Pence could be the USA’s Admiral Doenitz
When it needed a von Stauffenberg > > > 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. -- 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.
