[Peace-discuss] John W.'s Founding Fathers

[Barbara kessel]

It is my understanding that after impeachment, which is removal from office,
there can be criminal proceedings launched on the person or persons. Thus,
the presidential pardon of Gerald Ford protected Nixon from criminal
proceedings. If he had stuck around to be impeached, he would not have been
able to make the deal with Ford before resigning. Ford would still have
filled in in any case, but would not have pardoned Nixon.
      Bush and company can be charged with crimes after they leave office,
but who will so charge them? Any ideas? Barbara

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:13 AM, John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:

> At 11:42 PM 3/31/2008, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>
>  Just accident. It was sent to me quite independently of the discussion
> > between John and me.
> >
>
> 'Twas the perfect cartoon to accompany the discussion, at any rate.  :-)
>
> In a more serious vein, I wish they had offered a course in law school on
> the history of our Constitution - on how and why our Founding Fathers came
> to the conclusions and compromises they did.  I know there are books on the
> subject, but I haven't read any of 'em.
>
> For example, I would have had a tendency to impose much harsher penalties
> than mere impeachment on a treasonous Chief Executive like
> Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice.  I'm sure that was debated back in 1787 or
> whenever it was, and I'd love to know why the relatively mild sanction of
> impeachment was agreed upon.  I suppose because they were afraid that
> there'd be endless political witch hunts all the time, as a way of
> eliminating one's political enemies.
>
>
>
>  Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> >
> >  This is GREAT! Pardon my ignorance, but is that really the caption, or
> > > was it inserted to fit the discussion, or was it what generated the
> > > discussion to begin with?
> > >  --Jenifer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > */"C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>/* wrote:
> > >
> >
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