On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 06:17:56PM -0500, John wrote: > On 1/6/2021 17:08:28, Bill wrote: > > Given the brouhaha going on in DC at the moment and the fact it has been > > incited by #45, does what he has done constitute treason? > > > > Note, let's not get ourselves exercised about this. I am genuinely curious. > > > > bill > > > > Technically no. The Constitution defines treason very narrowly and this > doesn't fit within that definition. > > OTOH, it's not too late to impeach him again. > > And there's a good argument that it may be time for Pence to suck it up and > invoke Clause 4 of the 25th Amendment. >
Assuming the response from Trump would be to declare himself to be fit to serve, to unseat him would require a two-thirds majority in both houses. Is that likely? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
