Posted on 03/20/2011 8:30:36 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
A hard-core group of liberal House Democrats is questioning the constitutionality of U.S. missile strikes against Libya, with one lawmaker raising the prospect of impeachment during a Democratic Caucus conference call on Saturday.
Reps. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Donna Edwards (Md.), Mike Capuano (Mass.), Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), Maxine Waters (Calif.), Rob Andrews (N.J.), Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas), Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.) “all strongly raised objections to the constitutionality of the president’s actions” during that call, said two Democratic lawmakers who took part.
Kucinich, who wanted to bring impeachment articles against both former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney over Iraq — only to be blocked by his own leadership — asked why the U.S. missile strikes aren’t impeachable offenses.
Kucinich also questioned why Democratic leaders didn’t object when President Barack Obama told them of his plan for American participation in enforcing the Libyan no-fly zone during a White House Situation Room meeting on Friday, sources told POLITICO.
And liberals fumed that Congress hadn’t been formally consulted before the attack and expressed concern that it would lead to a third U.S. war in the Muslim world.
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Impeachment proceedings begin in the house, where it is introduced by any member and goes through the established committee process. It is debated on the floor and voted on. A majority vote is required for impeachment.
Impeachment by the House is analogous to indictment by a grand jury. It says these offenses must go to trial.
The trial is held by the Senate. A vote of at least 2/3 is required to convict, at which time the convicted is removed from office and perhaps tried in criminal court for offenses committed.
Historically, Andrew Johnson and William J Clinton were impeached. Neither was convicted.
In the matter of this president, my ideal scenario for a conviction would go like this. Impeachment is introduced in the House by a democrat. It receives a majority vote consisting of virtually all the democrats and enough republicans to carry. Same in the Senate—Convicted by mostly democrats, with enough republicans to carry.
This would help the democrats by showing voters their “remorse” for nominating Obama. It would not hurt the republicans, because it was introduced and driven by the democrats. And it would help the Republic by getting this Manchurian candidate out of office before 2012.
Hey! They photoshopped the ball into the pic so we wouldn’t know that he walks like a dork.
LIBYA, OBAMA’S BABY
Tune: “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8
Libya, oh, Libya
I don’t mean Namibia
Libya, Obama’s baby
He’s a Bush, with thorns and thistles
When he sends in long-range missles
Libya, oh, Libya
Barack’s just like Dubya
Dubya, the bane of DU!
We thought we’d have peace with Obama the Great
But he’s a repeat of the bomber we hate
Is Cheney in charge at Defense or at State?
Déjà vu anew with Libya!
Isn't it obvious? Farrakhan is a racist.
Moron in action
Totally agree. There ain’t no good guys in that battle. We should stay out of it and soldier up for ourselves.
Who'd ever thought that the position one would expect form a conservative is taken by the "hard-core... Democrats," while conservatives themselves scream "Go baby, go!"
The world must've turned upside-down one night when I was sleeping.
“I agree with Kucinich on this. I never thought I would say that.”
Well,,,, I’ve always agreed with him on his taste in women!
It is only the House that impeaches a President.
*What is that old saying about a broken clock is right on time two times a day.*
I never thought I’d one day wake up and see Freepers posting the same nonsense that Kookcinich spouts. This is the same group, after all, that defending every GOP administration attack on any/everyone for as long as I’ve been here...except for the Ron Paul kook wing of FR.
It’s sickening to see such knee-jerk partisan idiocy. Just because the dude in the hut has a D after his name, suddenly some of y’all are against war. What a joke.
If only Mubarak would have been quick enough on his feet to think of calling all those rebels in Cairo members of AQ, maybe he could’ve saved his sorry ass.
Oh, wait, most of y’all were for him staying, too.
OMG people - cue the commercials of Obama playing ball and drinking champagne in Brazil while bombs are dropping on Libya
PLEASE cue the commercials of the Tsunami hitting Japan while Obama plays GOLF
THIS IS AN EASY ONE
Surely this will be the campaign in 2011/12????
Has MadCow weighed in yet or is he still milking Wisconsin?
Warriors. Come out to plaaayay!
I bet these “useful idiots” never thought THEY would be thrown under comrade Obama’s big RED bus!
STE=Q
sfl
This all is opening a can of worms that will lead to the UN sending foreign troops to Wisconsin and Arizona.
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