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She is beyond menacing…and should be thrown out. But compliant R’s think of her as having a ready made base for getting them more votes. Just horrid this one.

Corrected 8:38 p.m. | Despite the furor over Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of violence against members of Congress and conspiracy theories, the likelihood of some sort of punishment by her fellow lawmakers is no sure thing.

Greene called a Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor a “coward,” sympathized with QAnon conspiracy theories and liked comments on Facebook that alluded to the murder of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, leading to Republicans denouncing her words and some Democrats calling for her to be expelled.

House Ethics Chairman Ted Deutch, who represents the Florida district that includes Parkland, on Thursday said that Greene should not “have a public platform to further spread dangerous lies” as a “Member of Congress.”

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From the Federalist Society (the ones who selected a lot of T’s judges) create a letter saying Trump can be impeached AFTER he leaves office.

Former President Donald Trump can be convicted in an impeachment trial for his role in inciting the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 even though he is no longer in office, a bipartisan group of constitutional law scholars wrote in a letter Thursday.

“We differ from one another in our politics, and we also differ from one another on issues of constitutional interpretation,” wrote the signatories, which include the co-founder and other members of the conservative Federalist Society legal group. “But despite our differences, our carefully considered views of the law lead all of us to agree that the Constitution permits the impeachment, conviction, and disqualification of former officers, including presidents.”

Letter from the Federalist Society saying T can be impeached AFTER he leaves office.

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000177-2646-de27-a5f7-3fe714ac0000

Constitutional Law Scholars on Impeaching Former Officers

January 21, 2021

Now that President Trump has left office, may the Senate take up an article of impeachment, and try, convict, and disqualify President Trump from holding future office? We, the undersigned constitutional law scholars, conclude it can.

We take no position on whether the Senate shouldconvict President Trump on the article of impeachmentsoon to be transmitted by the House of Representatives.

We differ from one another in our politics, and we also differ from one another on issues of constitutional interpretation. But despite our differences, our carefully considered views of the law lead all of usto agree that the Constitution permits the impeachment, conviction, and disqualification of former officers, including presidents.

Our shared conclusion is supported by the text and structure of the Constitution, the history of its drafting, and relevant precedent. The Constitution allocates the “sole Power of Impeachment” to the House of Representatives, and the “sole Power to try all Impeachments” to the Senate. It provides that the “President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” It further specifies that “Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States.”

In other words, the Constitution’s impeachment power has two aspects. The first is removal from office, which occurs automatically upon the conviction of a current officer. The second is disqualification from holding future office, which occurs in those cases where the Senate deems disqualification appropriate in light of the conduct for which the impeached person was convicted. The impeachment power must be read so as to give full effect to both aspects of this power.

Impeachment is the exclusive constitutional means for removing a president (or other officer) before his or her term expires. But nothing in the provision authorizing impeachment-for-removal limits impeachment to situations where it accomplishes removal from office. Indeed, such a reading would thwart and potentially nullify a vital aspect of the impeachment power: the power of the Senate to impose disqualification from future office as a penalty for conviction. In order to give full effect to both Article I’s and Article II’s language with respect to impeachment, therefore, the correct conclusion is that former officers remain subject to the impeachment power after leaving office, for purposes of permitting imposition of the punishment of disqualification.

In sum, the Constitution’s text and structure, history, and precedent make clear that Congress’s impeachment power permits it to impeach, try, convict, and disqualify former officers, including former presidents. The Senate may take up the House’s article of impeachment against former President Donald J. Trump, conduct a trial, convict him, and disqualify him from holding a future office of the United States

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Rudy Giuliani tells Steve Bannon that Trump’s defense is going to try to show that Antifa and “right wing groups working for the Lincoln Project and Mitt Romney” fomented the Wednesday Coup.

Even Bannon won’t accept that.


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Where Alt-Right and Congress meet…big NYT story…with amazing graphics.

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Rep Pelosi and Sen Schumer - heads of the Democratic leadership want to have the Capitol Police officer who died as a result of blunt force to his head, lie in the US Capitol Rotunda.

I believe this is two-fold reasons for this - Honor PO Sicknick AND give Congressional members some time to reflect on the cost of the Jan 6th insurrection in terms of our own. With the Impeachment Hearing coming up on Feb 9th, it could be a way to get the R’s to face how we can NOT let this happen again.

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Worth a read

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T’s legal teams falls apart…

Butch Bowere who was expected to be the lead attorney, and Deborah Barbier, are no longer part of his legal team.

Rudy was spouting nonsense pulling in TheLincolnProject and Antifa…so maybe he’s back to represent Giuliani.

Wow…

Trump attorneys leave legal team 9 days before impeachment trial

Updated on: January 30, 2021 / 8:52 PM / CBS News

Two lawyers who had joined former President Trump’s legal team amid his looming second > impeachment trial have parted ways with his legal team. South Carolina attorney Butch Bowers, who was expected to be the lead attorney, and Deborah Barbier, are no longer part of his legal team, Trump spokesman Jason Miller said Saturday night.

“The Democrats’ efforts to impeach a president who has already left office is totally unconstitutional and so bad for our country. In fact, 45 Senators have already voted that it is unconstitutional. We have done much work, but have not made a final decision on our legal team, which will be made shortly,” Miller said.

A Trump adviser said the decision was mutual.

Trump impeachment defense: Two attorneys leave team two weeks before trial - CNNPolitics

Adding :moneybag:

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New legal team…

Adding

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