So for all of us non - lawyers what happens next?
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Nixon was impeached for being unindicted co-conspirator. Trump was just named in essence an unindicted co-conspirator
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Thanks Jeff! I don’t think Nixon was impeached though - House drafted 3 articles of impeachment and sent them to the full house but Nixon resigned before there was a trial?
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Yes of course. Shorthand. Actually only the House Judiciary Committee voted for articles of impeachment. The full House didn't reach the issue when Nixon resigned at the urging of GOP Senators who informed him that not only would he be impeached, but he would be convicted.
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Ah, the good old days...when the
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The Nixon debacle taught them that was the reason they lost. Now they know better than to care.
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I don’t think it’s that they cared. They just knew how to cover their asses.
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Fair point.
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Ummm, so is this one of them “high crimes and misdemeanors” I was readin’ bout in my here copy of the constitution?
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Depends. "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" is basically an 18th-century term of art the framers intended to mean "whatever the House of Representatives decides merits removal from office." So if the House impeaches him, it does; if they don't, it doesn't.
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Impeachment does not necessarily mean removal from office. Nixon resigned. Clinton did not resign.
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Impeachment is the process of accusing an official of "high crimes and misdemeanors" meriting their removal from office. If the official is impeached, the Senate then holds a trial to determine whether to remove the offender.
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Thanks for your clarity on this.
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Also I think Nixon resigned before - and so as to avoid - impeachment.
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Johnson and Clinton were the only two to make it out of the House to go to the senate. Both resigned before trial. Nixon resigned before it even left the house. Basically once impeachment is filed in the house and approved, you may as well just resign. No one trusts you anymore.
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Wait...Clinton didn't resign...
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Implicated in multiple felony crimes under oath by Cohen, all of Trump’s nominations should be placed on hold, including
#BrettKavanaugh . A criminal does not get a#SupremeCourt pick.#MichaelCohen#CohenPleaDeal@SenSchumer@NancyPelosi@TomPerez@SenWarren@RepAdamSchiff -
The illegitimate president's policies, appointments, EO's EVERYTHING should be null and void when he's convicted. PERIOD

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I want to see them all in
#FederalOrange to match mctweetos skin. Where does the jumpsuit end & ITS "skin" begin? Who knows but it's time as of 11/16! - 1 more reply
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