George Graves wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 20:11:00 -0700, Matthew L. Martin wrote
(in article ):

George Graves wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 19:03:32 -0700, Sparrow wrote (in article
om):

Read all about it, he http://Muvy.org

OK, I'm all for it. What are the charges? Remember, these have to be
legitimate charges, instances where he broke US law.
That is not what the US Constitution says. It says:

the President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United
States shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and
conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and
misdemeanors.�
"high crimes and misdemeanors" means whatever a majority of the House of
Representatives says it means (See: impeachment of Bill Clinton).

I'm not going to get sucked-in to this argument again, but Clinton was
impeached because he committed perjury before a grand jury - a felony in
every court in the country.

The only offenses specifically called out in the Constitution are, as
stated above:

Treason -- Clearly defined in the Constitution
Bribery -- Selling the power of the president

Note: Getting caught in a perjury trap is not specified.

All other High Crimes and Misdemeanors are not defined. They are,
indeed, whatever a majority of the House of Representatives say they
are. In Bill Clinton's case, the House said that perjury is an
impeachable offense and impeached him. The Republican Senate declined to
convict. The fact that they couldn't muster a bare majority was a
message to the House: Get Real.

The part that shows that this system works is
that the impeachment failed because of the extenuating circumstances.

Yes. I find it amazing that so many "law and order" conservative thing
that Scooter Libby was persecuted and that the millions spent trying to
find something, anything, to impeach Bill Clinton was money and time
well spent.

Matthew

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