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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf rump is impeached, which probably won't happen, and Pence became President, would that mean that
if Pence wanted to keep trump's appointments to various departments, could it be argued that they should go through confirmation hearings again in light of the circumstances? I would hope so, especially in regard to Sessions, but 90% of them have conflicts of interest
drray23
(7,587 posts)unblock
(51,974 posts)for pence to ask for everyone's resignation and staff up himself, possibly including some of the same people.
nixon famously asked for everyone's resignation when he won his second term just to get a fresh start.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)He can keep them or get rid of them as he likes.
still_one
(91,937 posts)thought. I also believe Pence was instrumental in those appointments
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)He'll do whatever the Koch Brothers tell him to do.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...whether he is actually as stupid as he appears, or whether he carefully maintains a studied and willful ignorance of just about everything.
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts). . .and one from column B. He's not really that smart, but just enough to know what he doesn't know, and then is proud of that ignorance. No effort made to close the knowledge gap, just enough ego to decide that not knowing it doesn't matter.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)And I know a lot of people that have known him his whole life. Most people here that know him say he's always been stupid. Even people that like him. I'm not saying he is illiterate, like the President, he's just a dim bulb. Not capable of abstract thought. He lives in simple, static, black and white terms.
mucifer
(23,371 posts)Probably just not impeachable nuts but evil nuts.
still_one
(91,937 posts)Thrill
(19,178 posts)still_one
(91,937 posts)cheyanne
(733 posts)I think that includes justices and those who were confirmed by the Senate . . .Watergate sent 40 some people were indicted or went to jail besides the President's direct reports.
Hello, President Ryan