Subj : Re: Threat to Democracy
To   : Lee Lofaso
From : IB Joe
Date : Fri Aug 16 2024 09:09:54

On 16 Aug 2024, Lee Lofaso said the following...
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 LL> Without an impeachment, there can be no trial, dumbfuck.
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Lee don't be an ass and call people a DumbF*%k... When one can say your insults are projection of your own self-loathing.

https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm

I referenced the US governments page on impeachment.

Impeachment is a multi-step process that STARTS with a vote in the house, simple majority vote will do it.  The House is to investigate the reasons behind the vote... The present this evidence to the Senate and the senate has a TRIAL... Which is part of the same PROCESS.

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The United States Constitution provides that the House of Representatives "shall have the sole Power of Impeachment" (Article I, section 2) and "the Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments... [but] no person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present" (Article I, section 3). The president, vice president, and all civil officers of the United States are subject to impeachment.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE...

The Constitution requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate to convict, and the penalty for an impeached official upon conviction is removal from office. In some cases, the Senate has also disqualified such officials from holding public offices in the future. There is no appeal. Since 1789 about half of Senate impeachment trials have resulted in conviction and removal from office.
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Impeachment is a process that has 2 major events.  First being an investigation and subsequent vote in the House.  The second phase is the trial and subsequent conviction or acquittal.

A 2 step process of which you acknowledgment 1 part to help support some claim about something that has nothing to do with anything.

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