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  • #46
    Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
    The President can't pardon himself.
    That's actually up for debate.
    Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
    But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
    Than a fool in the eyes of God


    From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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    • #47
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
      You can't be impeached for doing something legally within your power.
      Jimmy seems to think that impeachment is a virtually unlimited power, and that Congress can arbitrarily impeach the president at any time for any reason.
      Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
      But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
      Than a fool in the eyes of God


      From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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      • #48
        Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
        Yeah, part of why he resigned in shame.
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • #49
          Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
          Jimmy seems to think that impeachment is a virtually unlimited power, and that Congress can arbitrarily impeach the president at any time for any reason.
          And I think most people seem to fail to realize that "impeachment" is only the equivalent of a grand jury indictment, and does not proof guilt or wrong doing. It only establishes the formal charges, which will then be adjudicated in the Senate.
          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • #50
            Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
            That's actually up for debate.
            Most legal scholars I have read seem to think the "no man can be his own judge" principle applies to self-pardoning.
            That's what
            - She

            Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
            - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

            I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
            - Stephen R. Donaldson

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            • #51
              Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
              Well there we have a great role model for Donald J Trump.
              “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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              • #52
                Originally posted by Tassman View Post
                Well there we have a great role model for Donald J Trump.
                He needs to apply not only Nixon's "when the president does it, it's not illegal" principle, but also the principle of "when the president had previously, for the last decade prior to being elected president, committed extensive money-laundering for Russian mobsters, that wasn't illegal either because he later became president".
                "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                • #53
                  Originally posted by Tassman View Post
                  Well there we have a great role model for Donald J Trump.
                  woah I just found proof of collusion for you Tassy!!!


                  Donald J Trump

                  puTln.

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                    Yeah, part of why he resigned in shame.
                    I don't think Trump has any shame.

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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
                      I don't think Trump has any shame.
                      You expect me to argue that?
                      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                      • #56
                        Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                        You expect me to argue that?
                        Just saying he won't be leaving the White House, and I imagine he'll run for a second-term.

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                        • #57
                          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                          woah I just found proof of collusion for you Tassy!!!


                          Donald J Trump

                          puTln.
                          I'll leave it to Mueller to find the proof of collusion, provided Trump doesn't fire him first.
                          “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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                          • #58
                            Originally posted by Tassman View Post
                            I'll leave it to Mueller to find the proof of collusion, provided Trump doesn't fire him first.
                            And when the nothing burger is FINALLY finished cooking, we will take great pleasure in saying we told you so.
                            That's what
                            - She

                            Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                            - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

                            I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
                            - Stephen R. Donaldson

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                            • #59
                              Originally posted by Tassman View Post
                              I'll leave it to Mueller to find the proof of collusion, provided Trump doesn't fire him first.
                              I hand you proof and you just walk away. amazing. I bet you are a secret Trumpster.

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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
                                Just saying he won't be leaving the White House, and I imagine he'll run for a second-term.
                                I don't know - unless he just enjoys the fight (which is entirely possible) he might want to get back to empire building in the private sector.

                                Ya gotta admit, though, Air Force One is a pretty cool perk!

                                air-force-one-over-nyc.jpg
                                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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