tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post1325834355895036138..comments2024-03-22T19:12:22.089+11:00Comments on One Salient Oversight: Impeachment - a matter of principleNeil Cameron (One Salient Oversight)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03143948543305522865noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post-15977202031463457102008-06-16T09:17:00.000+10:002008-06-16T09:17:00.000+10:00It bears remembering that the Senate has sole auth...It bears remembering that the Senate has sole authority to try impeachments. The Vice-President is president of the Senate. This means he would preside over his own impeachment trial (the Constitution explicitly excuses the vice president from presiding over a president's impeachment but makes no mention of the event of a vice-president's impeachment).<BR/><BR/>This would undoubtedly be challenged in court. There is no way this matter would be resolved before January 20, 2009. <BR/><BR/>My advice: drop it. On the other hand, this quixotic quest would surely take up lots of Congress' time, thereby minimizing the amount of harm they could otherwise do.<BR/><BR/>Realistically, each Congressman's monetary self-interest in an election year makes this whole idea a non-starter. Why should they start acting on principle now?BLBeamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953399820620982720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post-302324185797233812008-06-16T05:58:00.000+10:002008-06-16T05:58:00.000+10:00To me, the best reason for not impeaching Bush is ...To me, the best reason for not impeaching Bush is Vice President Darth Vader (aka Dick Cheney). If there is anyone who would be worse than Bush, it's Cheney. You would have to have a double-impeachment to do the American people (and the world community) any good. <BR/><BR/>Since we are in the last few months of this failed presidency anyway, I'm wondering if war crimes charges could be brought against Bush and the whole lot of them after this administration is out of office.Tom Hinklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01036007600113932268noreply@blogger.com