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Obama Knows He Can Ignore Scandal with Impunity (Un-impeachable)
The New York Post ^ | Saturday, May 31, 2014 | Andrew C. McCarthy

Posted on 06/01/2014 8:28:56 AM PDT by kristinn

President Obama’s record of lawlessness is prodigious. There is the assumption of a power to rule by presidential decree — unilaterally amending ObamaCare provisions, immigration statutes, and other enactments in flagrant disregard of Congress’s constitutional power to write the laws.

There is rampant fraud on the American people — think: “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan, period,” just for a start.

In the Benghazi massacre, we see the arc of administration malfeasance: In the absence of congressional authorization, the president instigated an unprovoked and ultimately disastrous war in Libya, empowering virulently anti-American Islamic supremacists. He then recklessly failed to provide adequate security for US officials who, for reasons that remain mysterious, were dispatched to Benghazi, one of the most dangerous places on the planet for Americans.

SNIP

Thus, while it takes a simple House majority to file articles of impeachment, it requires an overwhelming two-thirds Senate majority to unseat a president. Real impeachment — the removal of a president from power — requires a broad consensus. Without that, the Senate will not feel the political pressure to convict, regardless of the validity of the House’s impeachment articles.

The liberal media would call the whole thing racist, without considering the actual legal argument.

Is it any wonder that Obama refused to fire Shinseki for the Veteran’s Affairs scandal (Shinseki finally resigned on Friday)? Curious as to why he’s letting illegal immigrants be dropped unceremoniously off at Arizona bus stations? Why he’s changing laws without Congress and having his attorney general ignore rules he doesn’t like?

Because he knows there will be no repercussions. Legally, Obama should be impeached. Politically, he’s a president with impunity.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; News/Current Events
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To: Pearls Before Swine

You need only a simple majority of the House of Rep to Impeach.You need 2/3 of the Senate to convict.


21 posted on 06/01/2014 8:57:56 AM PDT by ardara
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To: Kansas58

Doesn’t the Constitution say something about a “natural born citizen?”


22 posted on 06/01/2014 8:59:16 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: bicyclerepair
Problem remains after this tumor is excised.

Yes, we must deal with the tyranny as well as the tyrant.

We can elect conservatives into infinity and that alone will not cure what ails our once republic. Obama has established executive precedents that will be available for the rest of America's Presidents.

Until the states are returned to the senate, the best we can hope for is a benevolent despot.

23 posted on 06/01/2014 9:01:46 AM PDT by Jacquerie (To restore the 10th Amendment, repeal the 17th. Article V.)
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To: Luke21
Don't be ridiculous! Mitch might not be very good at offense, but a majority Republican Senate is a basic requirement to stop Obama’s offensive liberal expansions.
24 posted on 06/01/2014 9:02:13 AM PDT by Kansas58
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To: ardara
If we take the Senate this November,Obama can be Impeached by majority vote starting in January 2015.

There are not ten GOP senators who would vote to remove Obama. There may not be 5.

25 posted on 06/01/2014 9:02:34 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: Luke21

The notion that someone cannot perceive the advantage of having 51 or more Republican votes vice 51 or more Democrat votes is something that I cannot comprehend. I have not signed a suicide pact.


26 posted on 06/01/2014 9:09:06 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: Jim Noble

The House Impeaches by a simple majority vote.


27 posted on 06/01/2014 9:13:14 AM PDT by ardara
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To: don-o
I will say that the House needs to move ahead with Articles of Impeachment, regardless of what the Senate may or may not do. That is THEIR duty under the Constitution - to make the case.

Indeed. But with the evil, traitorous Boehner, it will NEVER happen.

We need protestors following Boehner everywhere -- with posters stating that he (Boehner) is complicit in ALL of Obama's Marxist actions!!

Boehner needs to be shamed and humiliated.

28 posted on 06/01/2014 9:19:07 AM PDT by sand88
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To: sand88

Allen West for Speaker.


29 posted on 06/01/2014 9:35:51 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: centurion316
To: Luke21 The notion that someone cannot perceive the advantage of having 51 or more Republican votes vice 51 or more Democrat votes is something that I cannot comprehend.

There are not ten conservative republican senators. We need conservative senators regardless of party label. 51 Senators like McConnell and McCain is no different than what we have now.

30 posted on 06/01/2014 9:40:29 AM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (I hope to earn a name in battle)
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To: skeeter

It’s not just skin tone that provides immunity from criticism, much less impeachment.

The country made a Faustian pact with the Devil when they elected a black man because it would be ‘cool’ and didn’t do any serious study of his qualifications other than his ethnicity.

The reality of that decision is becoming clear. The power elite in Congress and among the movers and shakers in the economy or state politics know that impeachment would result in a torching of our cities much worse than the Watts riots.


31 posted on 06/01/2014 9:41:56 AM PDT by wildbill
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To: skeeter

I almost believe that Obama could murder someone on the White House lawn and get away with it. Or maybe I should put it this way: that’s about the only thing he COULDN’T get away with. Everything else is on the table.


32 posted on 06/01/2014 9:43:05 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Cowboy Bob
2/3? Who says? Other laws/rules have been changed in the past. The new Republican Senate majority leader would just have to invoke the “nuclear option.”

As others have noted, the Constitution says. But Obama has been ignoring the Constitution ever since he's been in office. Any law he doesn't like he simply ignores or modifies.

So I wouldn't mind seeing your suggestion discussed in a light-hearted way, if only to make a point.

33 posted on 06/01/2014 9:49:45 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Carry_Okie
We can redefine what 2/3's means.

Let us borrow from the liberal communist scum.

34 posted on 06/01/2014 9:50:27 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: kristinn

I guess that the principle of three branches of government, each one holding the other two in check, is an untenable arrangement.


35 posted on 06/01/2014 9:55:59 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: SpeakerToAnimals

nonsense!

We need Republican control of the Senate. It is insanity or treason to claim otherwise!


36 posted on 06/01/2014 9:58:57 AM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Cowboy Bob

They wouldn’t have the stones to pull the trigger.

Always remember that all these congresscritters ask themselves, before voting or taking any action, “What if it happened to our party in the future?”

All of them are trying to keep their jobs for life. It requires for them to ‘reach across the aisle’ in order to survive.


37 posted on 06/01/2014 10:02:24 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: kristinn
Congress wouldn't impeach and convict a president for anything. That provision of the constitution is window dressing, just like the commerce clause, the 2nd amendment, the 1st amendment, the 4th amendment, the 10th amendment, etc.

Judges can violate the constitution with impunity, as well. Although judges can be impeached and removed if they are obviously unfit or criminals. The disgraced judges can then obtain a Congressional seat, see Alcee Hastings for example. Anyway, my point was that judges can violate the constitution too, there is no way any ruling or set of rulings, no matter how wacky, poses any risk to the lifetime appointment.

The very last thing Congress wants to have is accountability, hence the ease with which they allow other branches to walk all over the constitution. Some members of congress will complain about it, and complain that there is no way to act on the issue (i.e., every action becomes nothing more than political fodder for reelection)., and then point to their feigned outrage as the reason they deserve to hold the office. Talk is everything - action is risky.

38 posted on 06/01/2014 10:04:23 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Ouchthatonehurt
-- This administration has witnessed an imbalance in the three branches that will be next to impossible to reverse. --

That imbalance has been there for decades, at least. The politicians and judges are running the country into the ground while they laugh all the way to the bank.

39 posted on 06/01/2014 10:06:03 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: kristinn
There are many historical examples of republics that find themselves in this position.

It usually ends in one of three ways:

a)assassination of the leader involved;

b) a coup d'etat

c)the successful establishment of a dictatorship by the leader or his party

We're in deep dodo, mainly because the media have turned themselves into propaganda organs for the Democratic Party, which has led to the installtion of a Chicago-style gangster government.

40 posted on 06/01/2014 10:10:18 AM PDT by pierrem15 (Claudius: "Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.")
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