dant said:Well, to throw more confusion into the mix:
Bill Clinton was impeached... so why was he not evicted?
If I recall, Congress voted to symbolically to impeach Billy-Boy
as if to send a message of disapproval (slap on the hands that
got into the cookie jar), but not to evict him from office?
Perhaps this will help clarify that situation:
US Supreme Court: Impeachment
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Is the procedure by which “the President, Vice President, and all other civil officers of the United States,” including members of the federal judiciary, can be removed from office if guilty of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Articles of impeachment, or accusations of misconduct, are drafted in the House of Representatives and approved by majority vote; the trial is before the Senate, with a two‐thirds vote needed for conviction. In cases of presidential impeachment, the trial is presided over by the chief justice. Conviction in a case of impeachment can result only in removal from office and disqualification from holding office in future, but does not prevent the guilty party from being held further accountable in regular courts of law. Finally, the presidential pardoning power does not extend to individuals convicted in cases of impeachment.
_http://www.answers.com/topic/impeachment
and:
Impeachment of Bill Clinton
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Floor proceedings of the U.S. Senate during the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presiding. The House managers are seated beside the quarter-circular tables on the left and the president's personal counsel on the right.
Bill Clinton, President of the United States was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998, and acquitted by the Senate on February 12, 1999. The charges, perjury, obstruction of justice, and abuse of power arose from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the Paula Jones law suit. The trial proceedings were largely party-line, with no Democratic Senators voting for conviction and only five Democratic Representatives voting to impeach. In all, 55 senators voted not guilty, and 45 voted guilty on the perjury charge. The Senate also acquitted on the charge of obstruction, with 50 votes cast as not guilty, and 50 votes as guilty.[1] It was only the second impeachment of a President in American history, following the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton
Bill Clinton was 'indicted', then 'acquitted' at trial. What a shock that was
dant said:If (1), (2), and/or (3) of the powers fails in its responsibilities to be unbiased and
separate powers for the benefit of the (all) people, then the psychopaths win.
There is very little transparency in our government, so there is no possible way
to ensure that 1-3 are `responsible' servants of our government? In other words,
who is watching the fox?
FWIW,
Dan
If you are a U. S. Citizen, then that would be you. (i.e., in theory under this republican form of government, if it were truly free to function for truly awakened people )