We need to change impeachment procedure to add clauses that are automatic impeachment and removal triggers that only require a single house of congress to agree to implement it.
There needs to be a way more usable political gun pointed at the heads of all presidents moving forward.
Violations for this should include:
Emoluments violations
Starting military action not pre approved by congress unless there are invaders on us soil
failure to disclose 10 years of tax returns
failure to disclose personal financial record and records from family members while in office
any tampering with state election procedures in any way shape or form, presidents shouldn’t even be allowed to talk about the voting process anywhere it’s up to the states and even talking about it is tampering
There’s probably a lot of other things I’m not thinking of but this would be a start…
A dangerous move. If the GOP has the Senate, and a Democrat is President, the GOP can invent some bullshit and get the Democrat president out.
any tampering with state election procedures in any way shape or form, presidents shouldn’t even be allowed to talk about the voting process anywhere it’s up to the states and even talking about it is tampering
There’s a non-zero chance Biden would’ve been kicked out, since the GOP would only be too happy to believe Trump’s claims of election fraud.
Quite the interesting alternate timeline that would be. Supposing the Democrats introduce such a law in 2021-2023:
GOP takes the House, and is seated in January 2023.
GOP uses Trump’s evidence against Biden. Biden, due to the new law, is impeached in February.
The GOP generates some evidence against Kamala as well shortly after she appoints a new vice president. Kamala is kicked out in favor of the new vice president.
After lots of revolving door action, the holder of the Presidency eventually stabilizes as a very submissive moderate neither side takes much offense to. Sorta like Mike Johnson in a way, but the other way around.
The importance of the 2024 election has a far greater dependence on the legislative branch. If either house of Congress has an opposing party, the President won’t be around for long unless they do what Congress says. Even if Trump wins the election in this timeline, he’s screwed if the Democrats keep/retain the House or the Senate.
And even if Trump achieves a trifecta in 2024, allowing him to stay in power, he’s doomed if the Democrats take either house in the midterms of 2026.
I would like it changed to 25 or 33% of one house, and the president doesn’t get to choose their running mate. The VP is whomever gets the second most votes. The VP then comes from whom got 3rd. And an emergency vote it held to pick another backup. It would essentially dissolve the power of the executive branch back to being ruled by Congress… kind of like a representative government… A republic one might even say.
We need to change impeachment procedure to add clauses that are automatic impeachment and removal triggers that only require a single house of congress to agree to implement it.
There needs to be a way more usable political gun pointed at the heads of all presidents moving forward.
Violations for this should include:
There’s probably a lot of other things I’m not thinking of but this would be a start…
A dangerous move. If the GOP has the Senate, and a Democrat is President, the GOP can invent some bullshit and get the Democrat president out.
There’s a non-zero chance Biden would’ve been kicked out, since the GOP would only be too happy to believe Trump’s claims of election fraud.
Frankly, if the choice is between a revolving door of weak presidents and Trump’s “unitary executive” dictatorship, I know which I prefer!
Quite the interesting alternate timeline that would be. Supposing the Democrats introduce such a law in 2021-2023:
Agree it actually has to be easier to remove a president, right now they clearly aren’t scared enough. The current government shouldn’t be possible.
I would like it changed to 25 or 33% of one house, and the president doesn’t get to choose their running mate. The VP is whomever gets the second most votes. The VP then comes from whom got 3rd. And an emergency vote it held to pick another backup. It would essentially dissolve the power of the executive branch back to being ruled by Congress… kind of like a representative government… A republic one might even say.
Agree there