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To: DoodleDawg

So, a President can be impeached
Convicted,
and then tried with no pardoning power.


17 posted on 06/04/2018 6:11:38 AM PDT by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: aumrl
So, a President can be impeached
Convicted,
and then tried with no pardoning power.

I think what that clause in Article II means is that if Congress were to impeach and convict a judge or a cabinet member or the vice-president then the President could not pardon that conviction and leave them in office.

31 posted on 06/04/2018 7:38:58 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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