Do we have to wait 'till after the inauguration? This stuff takes a long time to get going. Would Obama overturning the defense of marriage act be enough to get him impeached?|||Grounds for impeachment are disscussed in Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution. It states “the President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and on conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” So cannot stress this matter Obama does not need to be accused or convited of a LEGAL issue, notice the ambiguity of the list of impeachable offenses. The conviction does not need to be from a court of justice, it is a conviction from senate. (This is why many in Sen and the House are cautious to suggest impeachment, being anything is an impeachable offense. It is at the ruling of Senate. PS Palin for Sen!)
So a simple perjury implication or quest of his character (say if he suggests to meet with terrorists for coffee or to discuss anything without any predetermined conditions for example) is required. The catch is a 2/3 vote in the House of rep is required (th eHOS has power of impeachment), but the actuall trial is held by Senate.
The issue we face is the American public has been misinformed allowing both to be heavily weighted by Dems. Also, even though Mr Obama said "... I will change the old way of politics..." He has practiced this during his campaign and obviously is depending upon it to hold his power for at least this coming 4 yrs.
I suggest if you truly wish impeachment process to begin, write a letter to you public officals as often as you can to support this cause. They do listen... good luck to all of us ...|||Impeachment requires "high crimes or misdemeanors". It has only ever happened twice, both times for entirely political reasons on trumped up charges. Impeachment is like indictment. After that you have a trial in the senate. In both cases, Clinton and Johnson, the president was acquitted and finished out his term.
The only time impeachment has ever come close to happening for legitimate reasons was Nixon, but he resigned rather than being the first president ever impeached and convicted, which was very likely to happen.
Legally, there is no time limit, but Obama would have to be accused of something illegal while in office. No, overturning the defense of marriage act would not be enough, as it is legal to change the law, so long as he does it in the appropriate manner. I hope he does this, but I'm not sure he's got the support in congress. I don't expect it to be high on his priority list if he even wants to.|||No, he actually had to have done something wrong. Get over it people, Obama won and he's gonna do a great job!
Why do you guys keep saying stuff like "lets impeach him" or "let's assasinate him" when the man hasn't DONE ANYTHING WRONG!!
You make me sick|||Impeachment is for "high crimes and misdemeanors". He would have to commit a crime.
He has no right to "overturn" an act of Congress. If Congress overturned it, he could sign it.|||We can and should have impeached Bush long ago. What laws do you claim that Obama has broken? How can a president elect overturn a law? What is your source? The Fakes News Network?|||Dude, impeachment comes as a result of illegal activity. Besides, the Dems control congress... it ain't gonna happen.|||Just chill. Obama cannot overturn DOMA. In fact, he is in favor of DOMA.
Pay attention!|||Legally you have to prove a felony to even think about impeachment.|||wait until he really screws us up then do it, if that fails use force
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