[ExI] Trump suggests not letting Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Ben
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>...So now you're relying on impeachment to enforce the constitution. A
thing which, as you said, has never been successful (as in, resulted in the
removal of a president from office) and is never likely to be.

-- 
Ben
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Ja.

Impeachment is equivalent to indictment.  It has been done successfully,
twice.  But you can indict a ham sandwich.  If we say that impeachment must
result in removal from office to be successful, it implies that a successful
indictment must result in a conviction.  But the defendant might be
innocent, which is why we have a trial.  If the defendant is innocent, then
a conviction is a failure.

spike