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2016 Postmortem

bahrbearian

(13,466 posts)

6. This is not the time to do it, we must look forward, not back.

Reply to gregoire (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 06:48 PM

Jul 2012

Last edited Wed Jul 4, 2012, 07:38 PM - Edit history (1)

Keep your powder dry.. Three D chess,, on and on. Don't enforce the law, that would be divisive

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Impeach Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia [View all] Cary Jul 2012 OP

Great article if only for the history it teaches. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #1

kick! hedgehog Jul 2012 #2

And what makes you think the DINOs... gregoire Jul 2012 #3

This is not the time to do it, we must look forward, not back. bahrbearian Jul 2012 #6

Hear! Hear! Let's not rock the boat! Raster Jul 2012 #13

He should have been impeached years ago Prophet 451 Jul 2012 #4

Him and Thomas, and if you have the liberal justices doing what they did Cosmocat Jul 2012 #21

I found a pretty good document on Impeachment. My doubt is getting Congress to teddy51 Jul 2012 #5

Was Chase impeached? No, the Senate acquited him. Then on what basis should Scalia be impeached? AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #7

Technically yes. The House impeaches and the Senate serves as the jury. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #9

20 years of increasing corruption Doctor_J Jul 2012 #22

Fat chance. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #8

Dom't forget that Chase was impeached... VPStoltz Jul 2012 #10

The Senate acquitted him. Not Marshall. onenote Jul 2012 #17

Impeach him for excercising his own first amendment rights? I dont think so. cstanleytech Jul 2012 #11

Not Scalia? Then how about the husband of the lobbyist Virginia Thomas? You know, the one who AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #23

Now Thomas is a different story and imo he does deserve to be impeached. nt cstanleytech Jul 2012 #27

Interesting responses but consider that impeachment is a political move, not a criminal prosecution Cary Jul 2012 #12

It would actually be easier to ban the GOP than to remove a justice BanTheGOP Jul 2012 #14

If you were Scalia how would you like it if there was a vibrant movement advocating for Cary Jul 2012 #15

Did you not read my post? BanTheGOP Jul 2012 #16

I have yet to meet a judge who wouldn't care. Cary Jul 2012 #18

Then Kagan and Sotomayor are similarly affected by Rethug criticisms of impeachment BanTheGOP Jul 2012 #19

My credentials are solid and not only obtainable, but obtained. Cary Jul 2012 #20

Obscurity is relative BanTheGOP Jul 2012 #30

You were done before you started. n/t Cary Jul 2012 #31

Curious about something BanTheGOP Jul 2012 #34

Curiosity is a good thing. Cary Jul 2012 #35

Getting a vibrant movement to impeach Scalia is unlikely. Banning the GOP is even less likely. onenote Jul 2012 #26

So you're saying that because I post ideas here it follows that I don't live in the real world? Cary Jul 2012 #29

"Democrats and other socialist parties"? dpibel Jul 2012 #28

ROTFLMAO! Cary Jul 2012 #32

Define "vibrant movement" onenote Jul 2012 #25

I don't think that's where you missed my point. Cary Jul 2012 #33

The chance of the current House impeaching Scalia is really close to zero. stevenleser Jul 2012 #24