Hillary gets elected and is arrested under the Libby Law or others. It's not inauguration yet. What then?

Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 7 months ago to Politics
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Read on.. Your chance to second guess Constitutonal Law or dictatorial powers. .

So... on to what if time. Hillary get's elected both popular and electoral college. FBI steps in before she is inaugurated. This one goes straight to the Supreme Court. A number of decisions. Act of Succession and provision for ruling unfit to serve pop up. What if the current POTUS issues a pardon? A pardon is not a Not Guilty verdict...or is it? If the charge was straight criminal can and may the Congress still go immediate impeachment IF she is sworn in.
Under the Libby Law it's quite possible these and more questions would pop up between voting day and inauguration day. So...

Don't get to carried away. This one deserves it's own thread but I'll start it 'as is as stated here.'

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  • Posted by blackswan 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    In other words, the protections we've been depending on are nonexistent. The emperor has no clothes!!
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  • Posted by GaryL 9 years, 7 months ago
    I hope nothing is settled and no charges are brought on any Hillary stuff until after BHO is out of office. He would simply Pardon her for any and all wrong doing.
    Rather than even considering that she might get elected why not see to it that she does not! That means voting for her opponent at any cost even if he/she stinks. Talk to your friends and family to get them in the same mind set and most important that we all talk to our non political type friends to make sure they get out to vote.
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  • Posted by johnpe1 9 years, 7 months ago
    why, the presidency goes to her v.p. who is, logically,
    Jeb Bush! . if Jeb can't find a v.p. then it goes to the next-in-line,
    John Kasich. . if John can't get it together, then we go to
    Reince Priebus and Debbie W-S for an arm-wrestling competition
    and surrender the nation to France. -- j
    .
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  • Posted by conscious1978 9 years, 7 months ago
    If Clinton is elected President, many of these questions won't matter. I think her election would signal the end of the rule of law in our country. In other words, if you have enough of the right connections and influence, your gang can get away with anything. Think about it...how else could she be elected POTUS given her extensive political history?

    If she is elected, legal protection of individual rights would be a memory denigrated by the new, unfettered elite as part of that "failed" system of capitalism. Why do I think that? Because her election would be in defiance of all the current laws she has broken. So, the interpretation of all law becomes dependent on subjective political pull.

    Anarchy.
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 9 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    On of the things the controversy over Barack Obama's birthplace brought out is that apparently no one has standing to challenge whether someone actually meets the constitutional requirements for President -- except possibly the Secretary of State of individual states when putting the person on the ballot.

    If they get on the ballot and win, the only mechanism that appears to be available is impeachment.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 7 months ago
    Acceptance of a Presidential pardon is an admission of guilt and makes her ineligible for the office of President. I would like to see the FBI move now. She is guilty. What charge? Take your pick. If the FBI doesn't move on her she is truly untouchable.
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 9 years, 7 months ago
    Once the congress has counted the electoral votes and certified the election, I think the only way Hillary does not become president is if the House impeaches her and the Senate votes to convict.

    Congress can pass a bill of impeachment for any reason it wants to. There is no requirement that an actual law be broken, nor as we have seen, does breaking the law automatically guarantee removal from office.

    I don't think the Supreme Court hears the case.
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