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[nismaratwork]

That's backward. Impeachment proceedings come first, followed by conviction, if the charges are proved, and removal. Thomas' wife may be an incredibly effective lobbyist and worth every penny of the $700K to the Heritage Foundation. Still, he lied about her non-investment income year after year. This is a crime, IMO, and needs to be addressed. It's not like he got some oral sex from an intern.

Yeah, he just tried to go that route and was rebuffed... ahhh priceless.

I realize impeachment has to preceed charges, but if the charges themselves are a felony his wife committed, you may need to prosecute her first to get the evidence to impeach him.

 

[turbo]

Yeah, he just tried to go that route and was rebuffed... ahhh priceless.

I realize impeachment has to preceed charges, but if the charges themselves are a felony his wife committed, you may need to prosecute her first to get the evidence to impeach him.

It's not a felony for his wife to accept money from a lobbyist group. His crime was the willful refusal to disclose her income from that group year after year. I have found no evidence that a judge needs to commit a felony in order to trigger impeachment proceedings. Clinton certainly wasn't charged with a felony for having consensual extra-marital sex, and he was impeached (unsuccessfully) by the House.

 

[nismaratwork]

It's not a felony for his wife to accept money from a lobbyist group. His crime was the willful refusal to disclose her income from that group year after year. I have found no evidence that a judge needs to commit a felony in order to trigger impeachment proceedings. Clinton certainly wasn't charged with a felony for having consensual extra-marital sex, and he was impeached (unsuccessfully) by the House.

He was charged with a felony for perjury... still a load of horse manure, but that was the charge.

I'm not sure what Thomas' responsiblities are regarding his wife's activities according to the law. You need some cause to impeach... it requires gross misconduct, negligence, or criminal behaviour, AFAIK.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

It's not a felony for his wife to accept money from a lobbyist group. His crime was the willful refusal to disclose her income from that group year after year. I have found no evidence that a judge needs to commit a felony in order to trigger impeachment proceedings. Clinton certainly wasn't charged with a felony for having consensual extra-marital sex, and he was impeached (unsuccessfully) by the House.

Its not a crime though. It is an "ethics violation" which may or may not carry a penalty in the form of a fine or some such.

As far as impeachment goes it seems that what I have read before was an over simplification. The term used in the constitution is "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" what I was lead to believe is more or less equivalent to the modern charge of a felony. This is untrue though as it seems to particularly refer to general "abuses of office" which may or may not be crimes and of course a crime may not be an abuse of office necessarily.

edit: almost forgot, here is an interesting article on impeachment
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/SPECIALREPORTS/impeachment.html

 

[nismaratwork]

Good article TSA, thanks!