• reddit_sux@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    They have an impeachment process which they tried a few years back twice but didn’t work. It is like black magic, a whole lot of mumbo jumbo for literally nothing.

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      11 hours ago

      Impeachment doesn’t seem like it actually does anything. It’s like an official slap on the wrist.
      Maybe the laws were written back when politicians had a sense of shame and they just assumed that an impeached president would resign.

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        If you’re found guilty in impeachment you’re removed from office… Just because you don’t understand the full process doesn’t mean it’s toothless

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It is a 2 part process. If you think of it like a criminal offense, impeachment is a charge. Then the Senate convicts. He caught 2 charges and the Senate voted him innocent.

        So long as he holds at least 33% support in the Senate, he’s safe 50% in Congress for bringing the articles (charges). 67% of Senate to convict

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        11 hours ago

        Exactly.

        The US system has bunch of things that don’t have explicitly defined penalties, because just the act itself was so shameful that it itself was the punishment.

        But now they have a president with zero shame and zero morals - the processes don’t work.