[Vision2020] Candidate, Former Marine, Says Bush Should Be Impeached

[Donovan Arnold]

You had a few errors in there Hansen as well as some important details  missing. But close enough. But I am glad you confirm my statement that  impeachment and removal are not the same thing.
  
 The question  that Hansen needs to answer is how many impeachments need to take place  at the same time before we have President that is better than the  current one?
  
  _DJA

Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:                      st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                    Don&#8217;t wait for the movie, Arnold.
     
    The Impeachment process in a nutshell:
     
    The House Judiciary Committee deliberates  over whether to initiate an impeachment inquiry. 
     
    The  judiciary committee adopts a resolution seeking authority from the  entire House of Representatives to conduct an inquiry. Before voting,  the House debates and considers the resolution. Approval requires a  majority vote. 
     
    The  judiciary committee conducts an impeachment inquiry, possibly through  public hearings. At the conclusion of the inquiry, articles of  impeachment are prepared. They must be approved by a majority of the  Committee. 
     
    The  House of Representatives considers and debates the articles of  impeachment. A majority vote of the entire House is required to pass  each article. Once an article is approved, the President is,  technically speaking, "impeached" -- that is subject to trial in the  Senate. 
     
    The  Senate holds trial on the articles of impeachment approved by the  House. The Senate sits as a jury while the Chief Justice of the Supreme  Court presides over the trial. 
     
    At  the conclusion of the trial, the Senate votes on whether to remove the  President from office. A two-thirds vote by the Members present in the  Senate is required for removal. 
     
    If  the President is removed, the Vice-President assumes the Presidency  under the chain of succession established by Amendment XXV.
     
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    The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution
    From FindLaw at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment25/
     
    &#8220;Section  1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death  or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. 
     
    Section  2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the  President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon  confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. 
     
    Section  3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the  Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written  declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his  office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the  contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice  President as Acting President. 
     
    Section  4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal  officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress  may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written  declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and  duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the  powers and duties of the office as Acting President. 
     
    Thereafter,  when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration  that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his  office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principle  officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress  may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro  tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives  their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the  powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the  issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in  session. If the Congress within twenty-one days after receipt of the  latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session within  twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by  two-thirds vote of both Houses that the Presi!
 dent is
 unable to  discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall  continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the  President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.&#8221;
         
    
     
    Enough said.
     
    Tom &#8220;and the voices&#8221; Hansen
    Moscow, Idaho
     
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  "In America,  anybody can become president. 
  That's one of the risks you take . . ."
  
  - Adlai Stevenson
  
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