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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:24 AM Original message |
Can a sitting president be indicted? |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. The indicted Clinton nt |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. really? |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I sit corrected - i could have sworn he was |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Nah. They SUED him. |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. I'll leave that up to the Wilsons. Lord knows they have cause. |
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LVdem (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sure...why not? Allegedly, he's not above the law...nt |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Nixon was to be indicted. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. thanks, I didn't realize that |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. No, No, No- |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm getting conflicting replies :) |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Here |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Actually, it looks like I may have been wrong on this one- |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Yes, as I noted above. n/t |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. depakid is right. |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Actually, depakid stands corrected, as depakid admits. n/t |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I'm not at all sure he 'admitted' as such. There seems to be no precedent |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. What I meant was that I shouldn't have been so emphatic |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I meant re: Nixon. I know the issue is unresolved as does depakid. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. He Can be Sent to the Hague |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Actually, not anymore. See.. Bush and Co. passed a law. |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. Pres no, Vice Pres.... YES! |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 04:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I'll hang my hat on that! |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't think it's ever been determined. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. No, but a standing one can be kicked in the ballos! : ) |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. Maybe |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 04:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. To step in where the courts fail |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
19. Can a cringing president be indicted? |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. I thought "impeached" means "indicted". Not necessarily "convicted" |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. No impeached is a vote, sort a like a vote of no-confidence. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Thanks. I wish we were saying the word so much these days that the |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. This is the current opinion of the Justice Department |
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slaveplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Which I believe is why he is stacking the court |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
32. According to the Magna Carta 0f 12 15 |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
33. An excellent summary from dKOS re: indicting the Prez and VP |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
34. Actually, this question has never ever been answered |
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eggman67 (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Actually a strict reading of that |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. he can be named as an unindicted co-conspiritor |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. There has never been a court ruling, only an opinion issued by Nixon's |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That sounds as if they can be indicted after impeachment and conviction |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. That section applies to ALL impeachments |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Right. In this nation, no one is supposed to be "above the law". n/t |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yes so we are testing the law here Is the President above the law |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. That's what I always thought. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. It would seem so but I think it needs to be tested in court. I don't know |
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