• nocteb@feddit.org
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    6 hours ago

    If the president objects, the matter goes before Congress, which can decide with a two-thirds vote to permanently remove the president and install the vice president.

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      6 hours ago

      Yes, and that process involves a higher threshold (2/3 of both houses) than impeachment (1/2 of the House and 2/3 of the Senate). It also needs the VP to agree.

      So if impeachment won’t work, then this won’t work either.

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        5 hours ago

        If his condition is in decline and this is not the last stupid thing he does it might become more likely.

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        5 hours ago

        Honestly, if you can get 2/3 to agree, they shouldn’t need to have any qualifying condition. That should just be the bar for getting fired even if enough people simply don’t like him being there.

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          That’s already how it works with impeachment. You need 1/2 of the house and 2/3rds of the Senate to agree to remove. You are describing what already exists