FTA:
The previously mentioned courts ruled Trump did so by inciting violence on January 6, and the House impeached Trump for “incitement of insurrection.”
Then, for some strange reason, this author refuses to state that the Senate acquitted Pres. Trump of all of that very charge and that the Constitution deals with such acquittals by providing that after a conviction following an impeachment, the impeached and convicted president can then be tried in any relevant court for the offenses of which he was convicted. Thus the inevitable implication is that, since Pres. Trump was acquitted, he can't be prosecuted in any court for the alleged offenses of which he was acquitted.
A sane society would disbar all lawyers who filed these claims and all judges who ruled that these outlandish claims had merit.
John Roberts is a foreign agent and traitor.
“First, that the court does not use technicalities and procedural issues”
Technicalities and procedural issues are their friggin job, you moron. Having 9 dictators ruling the country is no better than just one.
Section 5
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
There’s nothing in the amendment about SCOTUS.
Oh good, I hope it ends this “our democracy” bullshat.
What if SCOTUS decides that this is a state’s rights/prerogatives issue concerning elections and hands it right back to the states?
But hey, it’s the sHill, so I’m not surprised.
Unreal how so called intelligent Harvard law degreed attorneys can’t get past a basic fact.
It should be 9-0
The writer, we trust, got a C grade in his Journo 101 class for this casual effort.
Here are the relevant impeachment clauses of the Constitution:
Article II, Section 4:
“The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the
United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other
high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
and:
Article I, Section 3, seventh clause:
“Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend
further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to
hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under
the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.”
The clear reading of these clauses is a President can only be impeached for and convicted of “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” and “Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.”
Thus, since President was acquitted of “inciting insurrection,” there is simply no basis for disqualifying him under the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Hill may as well be Media Matters.
Triggered!
These people are trying to say Trump committed insurrection. They then go on to say they can make this legal, without a trial or a conviction.
Such bad logic simply is unjust.
Everyone--even Donald Trump--has a right to stand before his accusers and defend himself.
Innocent (not guilty of a crime or offense) until (up to the point in time or the event mentioned) proven (demonstrated by evidence or argument to be true or existing) guilty (culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing. See also find, plead).
In fact, how can one win or lose an election without a ruling from some authority to that effect? Where is the authority to rule he committed insurrection???
The whole thing is preposterous!
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But this is a 6-3 conservative court so no worries.
Note to headline writer: It’s NOT a DEMOCRACY, It’s a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. And I intend to keep it.
It should be tossed out with the fact he is not charged with insurrection.
The more these nitwits bandy the term “democracy” around, the more convinced I become that they don’t give a rat’s a@@ about democracy, they’re just scared of being out of power.
We had a republic.
And that ship sailed three years ago.
It had to happen sooner or later:-(