Do You Think Impeachment Is A Viable Option

[Edwina's Secretary]

Regrettably, no. I don't think there is enough time. The country is already focusing on W's replacement....I just can't see enough time to get the momentum to get it through. And then what??? ...Cheney ....an even more horrid nightmare.

[Lady's Human]

It would be interesting, because you would need grounds for impeachment. Going against the will of congress by using veto powers isn't an impeachable offense.

If, however they did try to impeach the President over the CONDUCT of the war, it would create a Constitutional crisis, as Congress would be trying to grab powers granted to the executive branch.

[columbine]

If, however they did try to impeach the President over the CONDUCT of the war, it would create a Constitutional crisis, as Congress would be trying to grab powers granted to the executive branch.

Indeed - thus illuminating a critical imbalance and knocking the dispute into the court of a heavily stacked third branch. A lot of foresight went into this particular flouting of the Constitution.

At this point, the aim of impeachment wouldn't be to spare America another year of Presidential lawlessness, but rather to set a precedent in the hope of deterring it in the future. Were it not for the fact that the Vice-President had as much to do with the crime as the President, it would still be a good idea.

Love, Columbine

[Lady's Human]

Heavily stacked?

The USSC is about dead even. There's no clear cut majority on the court at the moment. Look at the recent decisions they have come down with. If the President wanted to stack the court, he could take the same path as FDR and attempt to get congress to change the number of seats on the court.

Flouting the Constitution? If any branch of government is flouting the Constitution at the moment, it is Congress, as the Constitution CLEARLY puts conduct of military operations in the hands of the executive branch. The appropriations bill currently in Congress would be a fiasco even if it passed and they could override a Presidential veto. It would be in the hands of the Supreme Court before you could say "Nancy Pelosi".

Congress could cut off funding for the military, but they know it would ultimately be political suicide to do so.

[Freedom]

I don't have a lot of specific knowledge on this just general ideas.

We fought in Korea, without Congress declaring war, and people followed because they were still riding the tide of WW II.

We fought in Vietnam without Congress declarng war, and people learned from the past and started protesting.

Now we are again in a war that was NOT declared by Congress; but now we have all those from the Vietnam era of the age which puts then in the political trenches, and they are NOT going to let that happen AGAIN.

Impeachment - would not solve this particular problem because of the term of office coming to an end; as mentioned already, the process could not easily be completed before then. So to go that route would be more of a political manuever. Can the people of the Vietnam era generation NOT start the process? They may feel they owe it to themselves.

[Edwina's Secretary]

But lying about your sex life...now THAT'S an impeachable offense....hmmmm...maybe that is why a woman has never been president.

[Karen]

But lying about your sex life...now THAT'S an impeachable offense....hmmmm...maybe that is why a woman has never been president.

Lying under oath about anything is an impeachable offense. That it was his "sex life" just made it more sensational.

I don't think impeachment is a viable alternative right now, nor do I think it is what the country needs. As much as I disrespect our current President, we need ALL branches of goverment to work as they should, bring balance into the power structure, move forward and work for the common good of the country and the world.

[lizbud]

I just can't see enough time to get the momentum to get it through. And then what??? ...Cheney ....an even more horrid nightmare.

You've got a point there. From the skillet into the fire.


Seems to me this whole mess could have been avoided if the AG had just
told the truth from the beginning. The lawyers were fired for political reasons.
Other President's have done it before, but it seems the first reflex reaction from anyone in this administration is to lie or deny.