> On 7 Jan 2021, at 18:15, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >
But while the clock is ticking Trump cannot exercise the powers of the presidency, so he cannot, for example, pardon the rioters, or issue crazy executive orders. -- 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.
