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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:41 PM Original message |
Can Scalia be impeached? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. You would maybe first have to cite a law he broke. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I can't cite any law he's broken. That's why I'm asking for the opinions |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I think there is the I Just Hate Him statute that might apply. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Forget about that for a moment... |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Move along nothing to see....? |
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Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Maybe Clarence Thomas could be impeached. I read he had his wife |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. you don't need him to commit a crime to impeach him. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. That did seem to be the theory with the Clinton impeachment |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Where on earth did you get that idea? Certainly not from the Constitution. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. you know what the Constitution says about impeaching judges that commit crimes? Nothing. |
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Travelman (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. That's odd. My copy of the Constitution is rather clear on the subject. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. the short answer is no. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Why would that make it "no"? Make it a polictical process. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. because in the real world, it ain't gonna happen. that's why. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good behaviour......? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That doesn't prevent him or... |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. FYI----Look up justices John Pickering and Samuel Chase. I have |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. As Gerald Ford once remarked |
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cayanne (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Clinton wasn't impeached for a blow job. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He was only disbarred from practice before the Supreme Court... |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yes, but let's get back to the reality of planet Earth. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. No, Clinton did not lie under oath. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Of course. He got his law license suspended because he told the truth under oath. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. show me his conviction for lying under oath. |
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Travelman (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Probably from Bill Clinton himself |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes. If you have a video of him accepting a suitcase of cash for a favorable decision. |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. i wish !!!!! Also wish he'd be put in a pillory and we could throw ROTTEN TOMATOES at him |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. You can't impeach a judge or justice just because you don't like their rulings. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes, they can be impeached if you don't like their rulings. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Show me where it says you can, |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Absolutely wrong... |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Good luck hanging your hat on that one. Article II lays out the parameters of the Executive. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Article II, section 4 applies to the Executive, not the Judiciary. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Bullshit... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Keywords: |
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Travelman (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
39. OK |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sure. Any of them can. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Legally, of course |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
36. He can be impeached just for going fishing. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
40. Probably not |
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