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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:26 PM Original message |
Can A Sitting President Or Vice-President Be Indicted? |
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Cactus44 (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. They can. Remeber the Paula Jones case. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Jones had a civil case. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'd say it's open to debate if a Veep can, too |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Agnew was going |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Clinton was indicted during the Paula Jones case? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. No, he was impeached, not indicted. |
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jedicord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Mea Culpa, I made the same mistake last week. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Actually, the USSC decision re Clinton v. Jones narrowed their |
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jedicord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Everything he does IS in private - officially and unofficially! |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. LOL I would love to see impeachment hearings THEN a massive |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. this question was sidestepped during Watergate, so no one really knows. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. No. I don't think so. According to Kos, it would stir a constitutional.. |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. We have been in a constitutional crisis since 2000. |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Vice President Agnew was indicted, wasn't he? n/t |
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DelawareValleyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Pretty sure Agnew reached a plea agreement |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. yes, and had he not reached a plea he would have been |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. But indictment precedes the plea, doesn't it? |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. He resigned before the plea |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. VP can definitely indicted. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Agnew was not indicted and Burr was not a sitting Veep when he stood trial |
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DelawareValleyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Burr was also indicted for murder in NY and NJ |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. So again, the indictment of a sitting Veep was never challenged |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Even Robert Bork determined the Veep can be indicted. |
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rsdsharp (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Certainly a Vice President can be indicted |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. I found this link that answers your question. |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. You're A Google Geek, Eh? -- Thanks! |
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DelawareValleyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Good memo on the topic |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here is the prevailing opinion by the DOJ, it has not been |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. That Was Very Helpful... Good Reading... |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. Regarding Agnew.. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. President: Almost certainly no; VP : unclear |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. The freepers used to insist that you could indict a sitting president |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. Vice President Aaron Burr was indicted for murder in both New York |
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