(November 18, 2015 at 12:52 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:What was Andrew Johnson charged with?(November 18, 2015 at 12:18 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: My point was it doesn't have to be what most courts would consider a criminal offense. It doesn't have to be a law in the books.
That's not what the Constitution says. Reread the link I posted earlier in this thread. The Constitution specifically names "high crimes and misdemeanors" as causes for impeachment -- and more to the point, no other causes.
In order to bring a charge, you have to, you know, have a charge. That's why Clinton was charged with perjury, rather than, say, being a Democrat. That's because perjury is on the books as being illegal.
I'm still waiting for WoG to enumerate any crime he thinks Obama should be charged with. Seems to me like he cannot come up with one.
"Unfit to be president
There were 11 counts, nine of which repeated over and again that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act by firing Stanton. The last two accused him of bringing Congress into "disgrace, ridicule, hatred, contempt and reproach" by speeches he had given, and the 11th summarized the other 10 and said Johnson's conduct demonstrated his unfitness to be president."
https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/...care-today
So if the House does actually impeach the President and if the Senate does actually convict him who is going to overturn the proceedings?
