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Boogiemack

(1,406 posts)
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:34 PM Oct 2020

If 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.

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If Dems can prove with hard evidence that Amy lied during her hearings, can she be impeached (Original Post) Boogiemack Oct 2020 OP
yes SlogginThroughIt Oct 2020 #1
She could be impeached, dware Oct 2020 #2
technically yes but this wont work. drray23 Oct 2020 #3
About the same as Kav. LizBeth Oct 2020 #4
Barrett will have to get in line aeromanKC Oct 2020 #5
CJ Roberts and SCJ Kavanaugh dware Oct 2020 #7
She's not lying, she's VERY careful Drahthaardogs Oct 2020 #6
Exactly!!!! dware Oct 2020 #8
I bet someone can testify that she hear, read, and talked about Trump's statements. Boogiemack Oct 2020 #15
Well, unless that person comes forward, dware Oct 2020 #18
If she lied, she would need to stand in line. Big Blue Marble Oct 2020 #9
What have they pinned her down on that might be a significant lie? Hoyt Oct 2020 #10
forget the impeachment Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 #11
Anyone can be impeached. Do you have 67 votes in the senate to convict? Statistical Oct 2020 #12
No one can be impeached Bettie Oct 2020 #13
Forget impeachment as a solution. Never get 67 votes to remove. bullimiami Oct 2020 #14
What did she lie about ? obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2020 #16
Not unless the Dems get a supermajority (2/3) vote in the Senate. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #17
How can she lie if she never says anything? dem4decades Oct 2020 #19
In a nutshell you need a two-thirds majority of Senators to impeach pecosbob Oct 2020 #20
Anyone can be impeached... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #21
She could shoot someone on 5th ave, on live Tv, but without 67 votes in the senate...nope. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #22
Kavanaugh needs to be Impeached also. This is why we need to win elections JI7 Oct 2020 #23

drray23

(7,633 posts)
3. technically yes but this wont work.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:36 PM
Oct 2020

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.

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
6. She's not lying, she's VERY careful
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:38 PM
Oct 2020

She listens intently to the questions and then does her best to feign being obtuse. She is calculated

 

Boogiemack

(1,406 posts)
15. I bet someone can testify that she hear, read, and talked about Trump's statements.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:48 PM
Oct 2020

If she is that unaware she not be on the SCOTUS.

Big Blue Marble

(5,093 posts)
9. If she lied, she would need to stand in line.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:41 PM
Oct 2020

after Thomas and Kavanaugh. They both lied and sit on our highest court.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
10. What have they pinned her down on that might be a significant lie?
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:42 PM
Oct 2020

Only saw bits today, but didn’t see any potential lies. I suppose if we took the Senate, we could come up with something.

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
13. No one can be impeached
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:43 PM
Oct 2020

zero republicans will ever vote for it. Ever.

And for Republicans lying is the same as breathing.

pecosbob

(7,541 posts)
20. In a nutshell you need a two-thirds majority of Senators to impeach
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 11:04 PM
Oct 2020

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)
21. Anyone can be impeached...
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 11:10 PM
Oct 2020

...but you’ll never, never get 67 senators to convict. Expanding the Court would be a vastly easier task (and I’m not saying that would be a gimme, either).

JI7

(89,252 posts)
23. Kavanaugh needs to be Impeached also. This is why we need to win elections
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 12:37 AM
Oct 2020

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.

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