Biden impeachment inquiry

@metal-brain said
Good question. Can someone commit crimes while VP and be impeached while president for what he did when he was VP and not president?

No.

@jj-adams said
How about impeaching someone AFTER he's no longer president, like the Democrats did to Trump?
(Also, you are wrong, the govt can't do something if the constitution says it CAN'T.)
It can do all kinds of things the constitution doesn't say it can do, like banning alcohol, etc.
Wow you really must suck as a lawyer.

😂

@suzianne said
Can someone be removed from office while not in office?

nice point…why did dems impeach Trump when he wasnt in office?

@suzianne said
No.

Then why is there an impeachment inquiry? The answer is yes.

@mott-the-hoople said
nice point…why did dems impeach Trump when he wasnt in office?

Trump was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired, but the trial was a different story. It began on Feb. 9th and he was acquitted on Feb. 13th after he was no longer POTUS.

Did anyone challenge the constitutionality of the trial?

@metal-brain said
Then why is there an impeachment inquiry? The answer is yes.

No, the answer is that Republicans are willing to ignore the Constitutionally mandated restraints on impeachment (followed for 236 years) as part of a right wing strategy to boost Trump's chances of defeating Biden.

@no1marauder said
No, the answer is that Republicans are willing to ignore the Constitutionally mandated restraints on impeachment (followed for 236 years) as part of a right wing strategy to boost Trump's chances of defeating Biden.

Trump was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired, but the trial was a different story. It began on Feb. 9th and he was acquitted on Feb. 13th after he was no longer POTUS.

Did anyone challenge the constitutionality of the trial?

Democrats are trying to boost Biden's chances of defeating Trump with bogus indictments. It is no different except for the methods used.

@metal-brain said
Trump was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired, but the trial was a different story. It began on Feb. 9th and he was acquitted on Feb. 13th after he was no longer POTUS.

Did anyone challenge the constitutionality of the trial?

Belknap's trial was after he left office.

There is a difference of opinion whether it is proper to impeach AFTER the official has left office, but most Senators in 1876 believed it was because of the possible penalty of a bar to the person impeached holding any Federal office in the future.

@metal-brain said
Trump was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired, but the trial was a different story. It began on Feb. 9th and he was acquitted on Feb. 13th after he was no longer POTUS.

Did anyone challenge the constitutionality of the trial?

Democrats are trying to boost Biden's chances of defeating Trump with bogus indictments. It is no different except for the methods used.

There's nothing "bogus" about Trump's indictments, all of which have been returned by Grand Juries operating under accepted rules of law.

This impeachment inquiry ignores the intent of the Framers and 236 years of precedent.

@no1marauder said
Belknap's trial was after he left office.

There is a difference of opinion whether it is proper to impeach AFTER the official has left office, but most Senators in 1876 believed it was because of the possible penalty of a bar to the person impeached holding any Federal office in the future.

The American voter could not be trusted to make that decision?
Like Trump, you want a minority to decide instead of the majority. That is a departure from democracy.

@no1marauder said
There's nothing "bogus" about Trump's indictments, all of which have been returned by Grand Juries operating under accepted rules of law.

This impeachment inquiry ignores the intent of the Framers and 236 years of precedent.

Once again, you want to prevent the majority from deciding.
That is a departure from democracy.

@metal-brain said
Good question. Can someone commit crimes while VP and be impeached while president for what he did when he was VP and not president?

Yes.

@metal-brain said
The American voter could not be trusted to make that decision?
Like Trump, you want a minority to decide instead of the majority. That is a departure from democracy.

If you don't like the Constitution, change it.

The provision has been in the Constitution since 1787; are you saying it should be ignored?

@metal-brain said
Once again, you want to prevent the majority from deciding.
That is a departure from democracy.

The majority don't get to decide whether someone has committed crimes.

BTW, the majority don't even decide who becomes President.

@jj-adams said
Yes.

On what basis?

There's zero evidence the Framers intended this.