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steve2470

(37,461 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 08:56 PM Mar 2020

When a significant part of Florida's older population gets killed off by DeSantis' stupidity....

I really hope the Republican voters in this state (many of whom are over 60) recognize this and vote accordingly. Impeachment maybe ? Not up on state impeachment.

His latest gambit is comparing the NYC subways to Florida's beaches. So asinine and stupid.

Sure, we'll shut down all the NYC subways. Then the roads will be jammed non-stop (if you can even get a ride and many New Yorkers' don't have cars and cannot afford cab fare or Uber fare). Fucking idiot.

Shut down the beaches ? The only ones who REALLY suffer are the tourist businesses. Even if I lived on the beach, I could still look at it and enjoy it, or go take a walk elsewhere.

eta: Ok I found the Florida impeachment clause in the state constitution. Of course with our legislature, it will never happen.

https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Constitution#A3S17

SECTION 17. Impeachment.—
(a) The governor, lieutenant governor, members of the cabinet, justices of the supreme court, judges of district courts of appeal, judges of circuit courts, and judges of county courts shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor in office. The house of representatives by two-thirds vote shall have the power to impeach an officer. The speaker of the house of representatives shall have power at any time to appoint a committee to investigate charges against any officer subject to impeachment.
(b) An officer impeached by the house of representatives shall be disqualified from performing any official duties until acquitted by the senate, and, unless impeached, the governor may by appointment fill the office until completion of the trial.
(c) All impeachments by the house of representatives shall be tried by the senate. The chief justice of the supreme court, or another justice designated by the chief justice, shall preside at the trial, except in a trial of the chief justice, in which case the governor shall preside. The senate shall determine the time for the trial of any impeachment and may sit for the trial whether the house of representatives be in session or not. The time fixed for trial shall not be more than six months after the impeachment. During an impeachment trial senators shall be upon their oath or affirmation. No officer shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the senate present. Judgment of conviction in cases of impeachment shall remove the offender from office and, in the discretion of the senate, may include disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust or profit. Conviction or acquittal shall not affect the civil or criminal responsibility of the officer.

History.—Am. S.J.R. 459, 1987; adopted 1988; Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998.
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