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Message Subject Ron paul signs onto impeachment bill
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You friggin idiots!

LEARN the difference between "impeach" which means to accuse/indict and "remove from office" which is a judgement that the Senate can only decide after impeachment has already occurred.

Two president's have already been impeached. None have been removed from office. DIFFERENT
 Quoting: Resister


[link to wiki.answers.com]

The legal meaning of impeachment is "to bring charges against."

The President, Vice-President, Federal judges (including Supreme Court justices) and "civil officers," which Congress defines as anyone a President appointed, are the government officials eligible for impeachment.

Chargeable offenses are constitutionally defined as "treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors," a vague term that can mean anything from a breach of ethics, professional misconduct, an act against the government's best interest, or criminal behavior (essentially, whatever the House of Representatives decides it means). Officials cannot be impeached for being disliked taking an unpopular stance on an issue; some form of actual wrongdoing must be involved.

Impeachment is a two-step process similar to a Grand Jury indictment and trial in criminal cases. One or more members of the House of Representatives bring "Articles of Impeachment" (charges) again a government official, and the House votes whether to "Impeach" (indict, send to trial).

The Senate conducts the impeachment or removal trial. If two-thirds of the Senate votes to convict the official on the articles of impeachment, the person is removed from office; otherwise, the person is acquitted and nothing further is done.

Impeachment means charging a public official with misconduct in office.

Read more: [link to wiki.answers.com]

Clinton was not impeached..2/3 of the senate did not vote for impeachment
 Quoting: MarkoPolio 16480074


[link to topics.nytimes.com]
"Mr. Clinton also became the first elected president to be impeached, over his deceptions about an affair with a White House intern half his age."

[link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)]
"Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, was impeached by the House of Representatives on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice, on December 19, 1998."

[link to www.washingtonpost.com]
"The House of Representatives impeached the president of the United States yesterday for only the second time in American history"

[link to articles.cnn.com]
"Clinton will be only the second U.S. president in history to face a Senate trial. The last time the House voted impeachment articles was 130 years ago when President Andrew Johnson was impeached following the Civil War.

The president, who vowed to serve out his remaining two year in office, told top aides he was disappointed but not surprised by the House impeachment votes."


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