Announcement

Collapse

Civics 101 Guidelines

Want to argue about politics? Healthcare reform? Taxes? Governments? You've come to the right place!

Try to keep it civil though. The rules still apply here.
See more
See less

McCabe: There were 25th Amendment discussions at DOJ to remove Trump from office

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • McCabe: There were 25th Amendment discussions at DOJ to remove Trump from office

    McCabe: There were 25th Amendment discussions at DOJ to remove Trump from office

    Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe says that after President Trump fired his boss, FBI Director James Comey, there were discussions within the Department of Justice about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.

    Last year, the New York Times reported that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment.

    McCabe confirmed the report in a new interview with “60 Minutes” host Scott Pelley, who relayed what McCabe told him on “CBS This Morning” Thursday.

    “There were meetings at the Justice Department at which it was discussed whether the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet could be brought together to remove the president of the United States under the 25th Amendment,” Pelley said.....
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

  • #2
    Pence would have never gone along with it, and it wouldn't have guaranteed Trump's removal anyway because he could have contested it which would have forced a Congressional vote.
    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

    Comment


    • #3
      Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
      Pence would have never gone along with it, and it wouldn't have guaranteed Trump's removal anyway because he could have contested it which would have forced a Congressional vote.
      I think it just shows the desperation of the Trump haters.
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

      Comment


      • #4
        And even if they did succeed, it probably would have ended up in the Supreme Court since that's clearly not the intent of the 25th Amendment. It is explicitly for situations where the President is incapacitated to the point that he can't do his job.
        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

        Comment


        • #5
          McCabe is a Democrat shill anyway.
          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

          Comment


          • #6
            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
            I think it just shows the desperation of the Trump haters.
            No - what it shows is just how screwed up Trump is. And how divorced from reality the Trump supporters are.

            Jim
            My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

            If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

            This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

            Comment


            • #7
              Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
              No - what it shows is just how screwed up Trump is. And how divorced from reality the Trump supporters are.

              Jim
              Thanks, Jim
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

              Comment


              • #8
                Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                No - what it shows is just how screwed up Trump is. And how divorced from reality the Trump supporters are.

                Jim
                So, inventing applications of an amendment passed with the intention of a physically incapacitated President is now blamed on "Trump SupportersTM"? Your TrumpOCD is getting worse...
                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

                Comment


                • #9
                  Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                  No - what it shows is just how screwed up Trump is. And how divorced from reality the Trump supporters are.

                  Jim
                  ^JimL could have written that post. I am starting to have a harder and harder time telling you apart.

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                    Pence would have never gone along with it, and it wouldn't have guaranteed Trump's removal anyway because he could have contested it which would have forced a Congressional vote.
                    Yeah, I'm not so concerned about the effectiveness of the plan as I am that there was this apparent 'mutiny' plan under the guise of the Constitution.
                    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                      Yeah, I'm not so concerned about the effectiveness of the plan as I am that there was this apparent 'mutiny' plan under the guise of the Constitution.
                      There's been a soft-coup underway ever since Trump beat the pantsuit off Hillary on election night. Heck, even before that with the Obama administration spying on the Trump campaign.
                      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

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                        And even if they did succeed, it probably would have ended up in the Supreme Court since that's clearly not the intent of the 25th Amendment. It is explicitly for situations where the President is incapacitated to the point that he can't do his job.
                        Well, no. What it is "explicitly" for is situations in which the Vice President, majority of principal officers of the executive departments, and (if the president objects) 2/3 of both houses assert that that the president is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." That's what the text explicitly says. Whether that judgment is due to actual incapacitation, simple incompetence, or anything else is irrelevant--you just need to get those people to agree that's the situation, regardless of whether it actually is, and it's done.

                        Comment


                        • #13
                          The phrase "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office" has a very specific meaning.
                          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

                          Comment


                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                            The phrase "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office" has a very specific meaning.
                            Yes, to liberals it means "we hate him so we can jack with the constitution and ditch him".
                            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

                            Comment


                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                              Yes, to liberals it means "we hate him so we can jack with the constitution and ditch him".
                              You know that it would be his cabinet ditching him right? And that they're conservatives not liberals?
                              "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

                              Comment

                              Related Threads

                              Collapse

                              Topics Statistics Last Post
                              Started by little_monkey, Yesterday, 04:19 PM
                              7 responses
                              52 views
                              0 likes
                              Last Post rogue06
                              by rogue06
                               
                              Started by whag, 03-26-2024, 04:38 PM
                              42 responses
                              234 views
                              0 likes
                              Last Post whag
                              by whag
                               
                              Started by rogue06, 03-26-2024, 11:45 AM
                              24 responses
                              104 views
                              0 likes
                              Last Post Ronson
                              by Ronson
                               
                              Started by Hypatia_Alexandria, 03-26-2024, 09:21 AM
                              33 responses
                              191 views
                              0 likes
                              Last Post Roy
                              by Roy
                               
                              Started by Hypatia_Alexandria, 03-26-2024, 08:34 AM
                              73 responses
                              318 views
                              0 likes
                              Last Post Hypatia_Alexandria  
                              Working...
                              X