Impeachment but non-removal

[Sailor]

Poor Soiler is confused.

A sure sign you lost. Again.

[Trumpet]

A sure sign you lost. Again.

Poopeye, you are the loser man on this forum.

[Walt]

A sure sign you lost. Again.

Sailor just showed us why Republicans will keep losing. He honestly thinks they are winning, and sees no point in changing things.

[Sailor]

Sailor just showed us why Republicans will keep losing. He honestly thinks they are winning, and sees no point in changing things.

Oh look. A typical Democrat trying to talk his way out his lack of education and dumbfuckery. Not working Walt.

[Trumpet]

Oh look. A typical Democrat trying to talk his way out his lack of education and dumbfuckery. Not working Walt.

Captain Poopeye is back with his sea stories.

[Walt]

Nixon was actually President.

In the case Nixon v. USA, Nixon was not President. He was a judge. It is odd that America has impeached one Nixon, and nearly impeached another Nixon.

In the case Nixon v. USA, the Supreme Court unanimously reaffirmed it had absolutely no say in impeachments. There was no way to appeal impeachments to the Supreme Court.

Trump won’t be when/if the conviction happens.

The Supreme Court will still be the Supreme Court, so Nixon v. USA still applies. There is only one body that can give you a decision on impeachment trials, and that is the Senate.

The Constitution does not say who can not be impeached, so you might not get the decision you want.

Does SCOTUS sit back while the Senate mangles the language to the constitution in any other instance?

Judge Nixon certainly felt so. He had a better case, because the Senate was doing the trial very different than the Founding Fathers thought it should be done.

Also when the Senate votes to expel a member, the Supreme Court has no say. And of course, the Supreme Court has no say in the rules of the Senate or how they are applied.

Has the Senate ‘convicted’ someone who isn’t president before. Would it stand as a conviction?

The Senate has only convicted people who are not President. All the Presidents have been acquitted.

What stops them from convicting you?

They would need to first convince the House to impeach me, and then would have to get two-thirds of the votes in the Senate to convict me. That is a high bar to achieve for someone who has done nothing.
And if they did convict me, it would accomplish little.

But yes, if you can convince Congress to impeach and convict me, I am stuck with that. There is no appeal.

If you can convince a court to convict me of a crime that I did not commit, and the Supreme Court to agree, there is no appeal for me there either.

[Walt]

Oh look. A typical Democrat trying to talk his way out his lack of education and dumbfuckery. Not working Walt.

Well tomorrow we shall all see who is sworn into office. If it is trump, then I will admit I was wrong, and you were right. If it is Biden, we will all know the type of person you are.

[Sailor]

Well tomorrow we shall all see who is sworn into office. If it is trump, then I will admit I was wrong, and you were right. If it is Biden, we will all know the type of person you are.

That has ZERO to do with Senate having an impeachment trial against a private citizen Walt. Your dumbfuckery is becoming legendary.

[Trumpet]

That has ZERO to do with Senate having an impeachment trial against a private citizen Walt. Your dumbfuckery is becoming legendary.

Poopeye, you're the master of dumbfuckery, remember.