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by NickC25 717 days ago
Donald Trump doesn't give a fuck about any civil service act. He never has, and never will.

He will do as he pleases, and a GOP led congress will simply let him, laws and precedent be damned (and the Supreme Court will comply). A DEM led congress will throw up their hands in uproar, and then refuse to actually do anything.
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mrkeen 717 days ago
The first part sounds right, but the house introduced and voted yes on two impeachments, which isn't nothing.
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tremon 717 days ago
How is that not nothing? He continued to remain in Office until the end of his term and even attempted to prolong his stay. If those impeachments were worth more than the paper the Constitution is written on, that would never have happened.
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quartesixte 716 days ago
Only the Senate can remove the president. The House can only introduce articles of impeachment and vote on whether or not they go through.

This, I believe, was originally set forth because the Senate was modeled as an “upper house” not subject to the whims of popular agitation (6 year terms vs 2 year terms. Appointment/selection by States vs direct election by district constituencies). The House, having more direct connections to the people is given the power to investigate and impeach a president, hopefully as a reflection of the public. The Senate, being composed of elder statesmen and slightly removed from the direct consequences of local constituents, is to be a check on potential rash impeachments.

So I’d dare say the impeachments were worth the paper the constitution was written on. The House impeached. The Senate tried, and acquitted him.

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mrkeen 717 days ago
Parent comment specifically called out a "DEM led congress" refusing to do anything. An impeachment vote is the full extent of their power in getting rid of a president. And they did it twice in one term.

> that would never have happened.

What never would have happened? Some bizarre unknown chain-of-events which led to Trump staying in office? The occurrence which DEMs are somehow taking the heat for is the GOP outnumbering them and outvoting them in the senate to keep Trump in.

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NickC25 717 days ago
And what happened to those two impeachments?

It is nothing, because nothing came of it.

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