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I read a story, not here, today saying that the majority decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts which gave immunity to US Presidents for actions which they take while undertaking Official Acts; was based on NOTHING in the Constitution. They...
by Angela Marx
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on Mon Jul 01, 2024 at 11:03 PM PDT
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I have two questions still unaddressed despite reading and watching much of the press coverage of today’s ruling from the majority of the Supreme Court: 1. How may this decision affect the impeachment of a president? Does a president now have immunity...
by Professor1215
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on Mon Jul 01, 2024 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Has the Supreme Court just ruled that impeachment and conviction of a President is unconstitutional? The Supreme Court has ruled that official acts by the President are immune from prosecution. An impeachment by Congress and conviction by the Senate is...
by Axel Rod
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on Mon Jul 01, 2024 at 10:46 AM PDT
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Long overdue after they lied regarding Roe and overturning it after saying under oath, Roe would remain in place. These justices are a threat to not only national security regarding bump stocks but this immunity case not even counting Roe. There is...
by Vetwife
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on Mon Jul 01, 2024 at 10:24 AM PDT
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When Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts, the Los Angeles Times had their response ready. “The guilty verdict only makes Donald Trump stronger,” read the headline to the May 30 op-ed by Scott Jennings, a former CNN commentator and special...
by Mark Sumner
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on Tue Jun 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Donald Trump is an enigma inside a riddle wrapped in 34 felony convictions , so it’s difficult to work out exactly where he goes from here. Conventional wisdom tells us the presidential campaign ...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Sat Jun 01, 2024 at 09:50 AM PDT
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Republicans issued a subpoena for the audiotape of the Robert Hur-Joe Biden interview purportedly as part of the classified documents criminal investigation. They need it for the impeachment inquiry, they claim. Of course, nobody with half a brain...
by voidstuff
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on Sun May 19, 2024 at 05:53 PM PDT
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The House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are holding hearings Thursday to consider holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. The ...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed May 15, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT
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It frustrates me to no end that the American people have exceedingly short memories and only know what The Media is currently feeding them. During Donald Trump’s first impeachment in 2019 (and ...
by Mugsy
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on Mon Apr 29, 2024 at 06:01 AM PDT
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House Republicans’ attempt to impeach President Joe Biden has fizzled out . But the two members tasked with the job, Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan and Oversight Chair James Comer,� needing to atone ...
by Joan McCarter
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT
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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
by Mike Luckovich
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on Sat Apr 27, 2024 at 11:50 AM PDT
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After 15 months of trying to pull a Biden family crime spree out of thin air, lead impeachment zealot James Comer has watched his dreams of MAGA glory crumble into dust. Comer, the House Oversight ...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed Apr 24, 2024 at 11:15 AM PDT
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The Supreme Court is hearing another abortion case. What could go wrong? It’s just people’s lives on the line. GOP lawmakers vote to arm teachers a year after Nashville shooting Protesters in the galleries chanted “blood on your hands!” Cartoon:...
by Daily Kos Staff
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on Wed Apr 24, 2024 at 12:58 PM PDT
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The Republican Party’s attempted impeachment fiasco and beleaguered House Speaker Mike Johnson were the subjects of late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert’s opening monologue Wednesday night. Colbert observed that while the House Republicans...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 12:14 PM PDT
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Okay, I got this in my e-mail, and since I was doing other weird research, it drew my attention, as the numbers seemed really high (On immigration). I’m pasting this all, then snipping it into bits. Democrats Blocked Secretary Mayorkas' Impeachment...
by CrystalHR
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 08:42 PM PDT
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Guest: LawDork's Chris Geidner Also: Scam GOP impeachment trial ends in one day AZ Repubs spike repeal of 1864 abortion law (again) Voter turnout doubles in AL's new majority minority U.S. House District... On today's BradCast: If only the corrupted...
by TheBradBlog
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 06:53 PM PDT
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House Republicans really wanted an impeachment of … someone. President Joe Biden, preferably, or his son Hunter, or maybe Hunter’s laptop, or perhaps Hunter’s dog walker. They decided on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who didn’t commit...
by Kaili Joy Gray
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 02:14 PM PDT
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“A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject” — Winston Churchill (Note: he may not have said it. But it is an admirable definition nonetheless.) Setting the scene. James Comer (R-KY) is Chairman of the House Oversight...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 04:31 PM PDT
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Also: Trump's ridiculous 'immunity' rant Seven jurors now seated in his NY criminal trial House Repubs deliver impeachment articles to Senate Smartmatic, OAN settle 2020 defamation suit... Even Joe Biden is now making jokes about the plummeting value...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 07:20 PM PDT
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The ill-fated impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was finally supposed to take center stage for House Republicans this week after Speaker Mike Johnson pulled it last ...
by Joan McCarter
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 01:05 PM PDT
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