Impeach Pelosi!
Posted by Andy on April 12th, 2007
Barry Casselman writes that by her own standards, the Speaker of State, Democrat Nancy Pelosi should have to live by the new rules she is living by.
Sphere: Related ContentNow that the pre-eminent constitutional scholar and sometime speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has determined that she is by fiat the commander in chief of our armed forces and secretary of state as well, it is time to consider the consequences of her actions by the same rules. If she commits “high crimes and misdemeanors” within those parameters indicated by the Constitution, would she be liable for removal from office by impeachment?
As luck would have it, the impeachment process begins in her own House, and since she has proclaimed herself virtually the entire executive branch of government, it follows that she might no longer have the constitutional protection of members of Congress who can be removed from office only by a vote of their colleagues in their own legislative body.
On the other hand, if the House would vote a bill of impeachment of Mrs. Pelosi, would that, by reason of the aforementioned rule, automatically remove Mrs. Pelosi from office, thus making the impeachment moot? Oh, these fiats make everything so complicated.
So filled with herself by her elevation to high legislative office as a result of the elections of November last, she embarked on a state visit to the Middle East contrary to the policy of the president of the United States, and appeared to be negotiating with nations hostile (read as “enemies”) to our country against the interests, and without any authority, of her own country.