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Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts) Thu Dec 10, 2015, 02:47 PM Dec 2015

Impeach Scalia.

The House of Representatives is responsible to commence the impeachment proceedings. A member of the House can start the procedure by listing the charges against the official under oath or by asking for a referral to the appropriate committee of the House. In some cases, the impeachment process can begin by other officials outside of the Legislative Branch. However, the process to impeach will be carried out by the House of Representatives.

http://constitution.laws.com/house-of-representatives/impeachment-power

Yes I understand it will not be approved as the American Fascist Party is in control of the House. It would however bring the issue of Scalia's overt racism to a head, forcing the issue to be dealt with by the AFP, putting them on the record.

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Impeach Scalia. (Original Post) Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 OP

In some cases, the impeachment process can begin by other officials outside of the Legislative Branc onenote Dec 2015 #1

Only sure way to impeach Scalia is after the Dems even the field in the House misterhighwasted Dec 2015 #2

Dems are 30% of the electorate. jeff47 Dec 2015 #3

" who can not be motivated by "Republicans bad!" - you assume saturnsring Dec 2015 #5

Nope. Take a look at the 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014 election results. jeff47 Dec 2015 #6

i dont agree 2010 and 2014, our message was "Republicans bad!". Democratic-leaning independents stay saturnsring Dec 2015 #8

Your reasoning is wildly inconsistent. jeff47 Dec 2015 #9

Impeachment is for democrats only. For everyone else, it's off the table. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2015 #4

should be on every news show until it happens. Doctor_J Dec 2015 #7

shit, scalia is probably a flaming liberal to most of the wingnuts in the house spanone Dec 2015 #10

Scalia has been senile for a while Gothmog Dec 2015 #11

onenote

(42,723 posts)

1. In some cases, the impeachment process can begin by other officials outside of the Legislative Branc

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Original post)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 02:52 PM

Dec 2015

Really? Such as? Interesting that the author didn't give any examples.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)

2. Only sure way to impeach Scalia is after the Dems even the field in the House

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Original post)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 02:59 PM

Dec 2015

2017.
There's a very good possibility the House will become more balanced in Dem favor & a slight but possible chance we would eek out a House majority. Senate looks pretty good also.

DEMS have got to vote in Dems across the board if this were ever to become a reality. Impeaching Scalia would be a huge blow to the RW. I'd love to see it happen.
2016 is this critical.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

3. Dems are 30% of the electorate.

Reply to misterhighwasted (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 03:10 PM

Dec 2015

We will not do it with just Democrats. We're going to need Democratic-leaning independents, who can not be motivated by "Republicans bad!", and are to the left of the median Democrat.

We need to keep that in mind as we attempt to make plans for 2016.

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)

5. " who can not be motivated by "Republicans bad!" - you assume

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 03:24 PM

Dec 2015

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

6. Nope. Take a look at the 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014 election results.

Reply to saturnsring (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 03:32 PM

Dec 2015

2008, our message was "Hope and Change". Democratic-leaning independents turn out.

2010 and 2014, our message was "Republicans bad!". Democratic-leaning independents stay home.

2012, our message was "We still kinda have some hope". Democratic-leaning turnout down by quite a bit, but still enough for Obama to win. His popular vote margin was half that of 2008, which is not good for an incumbent.

If they could be motivated by "Republicans bad!", you wouldn't see that pattern....and they'd be Democrats instead of independents.

Alternatively, you could look at the massive wealth of polling on the subject.

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)

8. i dont agree 2010 and 2014, our message was "Republicans bad!". Democratic-leaning independents stay

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 03:58 PM

Dec 2015

the left stayed home esp in 2010 b/c gitmo wasn't closed, doma wasn't repealed. etc the left stay home to show the dems

2012 was a congressional election that included the presidency and that always brings out more of the left but then they go back to sleep for four years

regarding polling as we've seen here with all the polling being posted, the responses have mostly been about how polling is skewed. but im sure the ones you would post would be free of all that

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

9. Your reasoning is wildly inconsistent.

Reply to saturnsring (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 04:04 PM

Dec 2015

i dont agree 2010 and 2014, our message was "Republicans bad!"

So, you didn't pay attention to any of the campaigns then.

the left stayed home esp in 2010 b/c gitmo wasn't closed, doma wasn't repealed. etc the left stay home to show the dems

First, Doma was gone by 2014. Second, those evil leftists would "show the dems" far more by staying home in 2012. Only some of them did. Third, Gitmo is a low priority among those evil leftists.

2012 was a congressional election that included the presidency and that always brings out more of the left but then they go back to sleep for four years

Because they suddenly forgot that they wanted to "show the dems".

regarding polling as we've seen here with all the polling being posted, the responses have mostly been about how polling is skewed. but im sure the ones you would post would be free of all that

If you're going to rail against claims of "skewed polls", it's probably not a good idea to rail against skewed polls.