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To: rxsid
Can a President be impeached after he leaves office to prevent from running again?

I ask because they don't have the time or votes for impeachment. And they don't have the votes for 25th Amendment either because of the appellate clause of the Amendment.

7 posted on 01/07/2021 12:06:18 PM PST by frogjerk
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To: frogjerk
I ask because they don't have the time or votes for impeachment. And they don't have the votes for 25th Amendment either because of the appellate clause of the Amendment.

You're following the guidelines of The Constitution. What makes you think the DEMs are going to follow that piece of paper now?

10 posted on 01/07/2021 12:08:49 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: frogjerk
> Can a President be impeached after he leaves office to prevent from running again?

No, and they will find the votes and the time to vote and convict to prevent him from running again ...

14 posted on 01/07/2021 12:16:10 PM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING)
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To: frogjerk
Can a President be impeached after he leaves office to prevent from running again?

You wouldn't think so, but per the Constitution the punishment for impeachment is "removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States..." So they may impeach him after the fact just to keep him from running again in 2024.

I ask because they don't have the time or votes for impeachment.

Time, maybe not. But 93 senators voted against challenges to Trump's re-election yesterday and if they impeach him once he's out of office I can see them getting the necessary 67 votes just to keep Trump from ever running again.

39 posted on 01/07/2021 1:54:00 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: frogjerk
This is a subject of debate among legal scholars.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/06/can-former-presidents-be-impeached/

Rush Limbaugh said that the very reason for trying to impeach Trump was to prevent him from running again in 2024. The Dems and RINO's are scared out of their wits of the 74+million ( even 80+million ) Trump supporters.

Don't forget. The only way the Dems were capable of "winning" this election was to cheat and commit voter fraud. And even then the reason they got caught was because Trump's landslide victory was so massive that their "cheating" algorithms and bogus ballots couldn't keep up with it..

42 posted on 01/07/2021 2:04:27 PM PST by Sons of Union Vets (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!)
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