Panther
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If you don't like the American Legal System, or appreciate the value of the American Constitution, I can see your dislike for my post, but like it or not, if you want to overthrow the duly elected American President, then this is the System you have to deal with.......you have no option.......it wont go away for your convenience, now or anywhere in the near future.........at least..... Panther wrote on Jun 17 th, 2018 at 3:15pm: SadKangaroo wrote on Jun 17 th, 2018 at 7:50am: ......"Oh Trump can't break the law while President".......... Yes he can break the law while he's in office, & so could any President before him, as some have.
It's just how that law breaking activities of a US President can be remedied.
While he is in office, while any President is in office......key words/phrase "While he is in office....." ...... while in office the Constitution is the only remedy.....the only remedy is that Constitutionally, Congress can Impeach him, & then after he is Impeached, he can be tried by the Senate on the charges he was Impeached with, & then, if found guilty by 67 or more Senators of the 100 Senators in the Senate, he may be (not mandatory..the Senate can chose other punishments) he may be removed from office.
There you have it......he can serve his full term(s)..........he can retire/step down/quit........or he may be forced out of office after being found guilty of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors". The crime of treason is the only crime defined specifically in the US Constitution. To find him guilty of Treason he must be found guilty as defined in the US Constitution.....no other definitions are acceptable.
Now, if a President is Impeached, that doesn't mean he automatically gets removed from office....far from it.....Two (2) US Presidents were Impeached, yet they remained in office & continued to perform their duties as President of the United States....Andrew Johnson & Bill "Slick Willie" Clinton.
The US Senate must find him guilty on the charges contained in his impeachment by a majority of 67 Senators of the 100 Senators that comprise the Senate. Even that does not automatically cause removal from office. The Senate has the right to sentence a guilty President in just about any manner they wish.....they could fine him, they could, at the end of his term(s), forbid him for life from holding any other office in the federal government, etc....etc....etc.
Also, rarely covered, but the guilty President may be able to appeal his conviction all the way to the Supreme Court.......but being no Presidents have ever been found guilty by the Senate, or thrown out of office in over 230+ years, there are no precedents to fall back on.......
So back to the original statement......Presidents can commit crimes like you or I can commit crimes.....we all have the freedom of choice.......but a US President must leave office before he can be criminally charged, tried, &/or convicted of any crime by a court of law.....after he leaves office he is fair game to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Those are the only Anti-Trump options available to the Trump Haters in America......
Here, you Trump Haters here in Australia, here in OZPOLITIC especially, have ZERO options............well..........no options whatsoever, except to sit patiently, & watch America administer it's own laws as it sees fit.....
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