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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Dems can prove with hard evidence that Amy lied during her hearings, can she be impeached
after being seated? isn't lying to Congress a crime? We all know she knew what Trump's positions about the SCOTUS were. I am sure there are dozens of people who discussed those positions with her...including Barr.
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)dware
(12,397 posts)but the Senate will not convict, nor remove her.
drray23
(7,633 posts)Impeachment and then removal has the same threshold for a judge that it does for the President. We could impeach her in the house but it would require 68 votes in the senate which means it will snow in hell before this happens.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)aeromanKC
(3,324 posts)After Roberts and Kavanaugh.
dware
(12,397 posts)are not going to be impeached, it just isn't going to happen.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)She listens intently to the questions and then does her best to feign being obtuse. She is calculated
dware
(12,397 posts)She's being very careful in her answers so's not to get caught in a lie.
Boogiemack
(1,406 posts)If she is that unaware she not be on the SCOTUS.
dware
(12,397 posts)Big Blue Marble
(5,093 posts)after Thomas and Kavanaugh. They both lied and sit on our highest court.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Only saw bits today, but didnt see any potential lies. I suppose if we took the Senate, we could come up with something.
Proud liberal 80
(4,167 posts)just expand the court to 13 or 15.
Statistical
(19,264 posts)Bettie
(16,110 posts)zero republicans will ever vote for it. Ever.
And for Republicans lying is the same as breathing.
bullimiami
(13,099 posts)obnoxiousdrunk
(2,910 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)And maybe not even then.
dem4decades
(11,296 posts)pecosbob
(7,541 posts)and/or two-thirds of States to ratify an Amendment to the Constitution for any changes to their terms of office.
If Dems were able to maintain a simple Senatorial majority for two terms they could significantly reduce the political bias of the court.
It's about controlling the Senate...period.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...but youll never, never get 67 senators to convict. Expanding the Court would be a vastly easier task (and Im not saying that would be a gimme, either).
Fiendish Thingy
(15,624 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)as I said before, Demographics are moving in our direction so if we can continue to vote and control more of govt we can have the power to do this, plus with changes in demographics we can have support from Voters in doing this also.