It only requires a simple majority in the House to impeach.
The Senate has to have a two-thirds majority TO CONVICT & REMOVE.
BOTH Houses must agree by a two-thirds majority to remove the President under
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment.
But there are also built in delays under Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to
allow Congress time for debate.
If Pence & the Cabinet were to invoke Section 4 now, the clock would run out and
the current administration's term would expire before Congress was required to vote.
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27
On 1/6/2021 20:20:21, Paul Stenquist wrote:
A 2/3 majority opting for impeachment is possible after today. But it would
require all of the time remaining in Trump’s tenure to achieve. Not worth it.
He will be ruined and quite possibly go to jail.
Paul
On Jan 6, 2021, at 6:45 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> 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?
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