Is this for real?
Can you really impeach someone after they leave office, and also disqualify them from holding other federal offices?
Judge Alcee Hastings was impeached and removed from office. but then he later ran and was elected to Congress.
“Is this for real?
Can you really impeach someone after they leave office, and also disqualify them from holding other federal offices?”
Sadly, no. The power of impeachment may be applied only against current office holders. Hence Nixon escaped impeachment by resignation. While I sympathize with the motives behind this move, it would open a HUGE can of constitutional worms if an attempt were made to impeach someone after they have left office. And I think it would be thrown out by the courts.
“Judge Alcee Hastings was impeached and removed from office. but then he later ran and was elected to Congress.”
I am pretty sure his conviction by the Senate did not include a prohibition on holding other offices in the future. Someone more knowledgeable about the case will correct me if I am wrong.
I suggested impeachment of HRC a couple of months ago.
Yes, of course it’s real. Impeachment has two purposes - one is removal, the other is prevention of future office holding.
Disqualification from office does not bind the Congress (which is why Alcee Hastings is a congressman). But it absolutely bars holding any “office of trust or profit under the United States”, including the Presidency.
LETS GET IT ON!
They didnt enforce it, but they could have
That's an interesting thought because everyone took for granted that the Kenyan in the oval office was qualified since (mentally unbalanced) Nancy Pelosi certified him. I guess a "not qualified" tattoo on her forehead would remove any doubt beforehand.