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To: omegadawn

Some left wing politicans are pushing for impeachment if it is determined in court that obama is ineligible to be president. Their reasoning is if congress VOIDS obama’s election biden would not be president.Voiding obama’s election is the legal course congress should take to remove obama. This would invalidate any actions obama took during his illegal stay in the White House.


Typical. Those left wing politicians are idiots and obviously know nothing of the Constitution. It would take the votes of 67 Senators to convict Obama and remove him from the presidency. That is highly unlikely and even if it were to occur, there is no “voiding of the election” that comes from removing the president. Biden WOULD become president and if he were to also be impeached and removed, then the Speaker of the House, Boehner or Pelosi would become president.
The Constitution has NO provisions for “voiding an election” and the 12th Amendment to the Constitution says that whoever receives a majority of the Electoral College votes, has those votes certified in a joint session of Congress and takes the Oath of Office “SHALL BE PRESIDENT.”
In 2008-2009, that was Barack Hussein Obama II. He can be impeached by the House and convicted and removed by the votes of 67 Senators.
My bet is that just like with Richard M. Nixon, if it looked like 67 Senators would vote to convict Obama, he would resign the presidency insuring that Joe Biden would become the president just like Gerry Ford.


40 posted on 10/02/2010 11:03:07 AM PDT by jamese777
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To: jamese777
The Constitution has NO provisions for “voiding an election” and the 12th Amendment to the Constitution says that whoever receives a majority of the Electoral College votes, has those votes certified in a joint session of Congress and takes the Oath of Office “SHALL BE PRESIDENT.”

No Constitution can ever prescribe every remedy that might be necessitated by gross malfeasance on the part of those sworn to uphold it. What is needed, fundamentally, is a recognition that the lack of a particular remedy for illegitimate actions does not render those actions legitimate, and those who are sworn to uphold the Constitution are under no obligation to abide illegitimate actions; in many cases, they are obliged to obstruct them.

76 posted on 10/03/2010 4:42:26 PM PDT by supercat (Barry Soetoro == Bravo Sierra)
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