Re: Why Bush Should Be Impeached, #84

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 02:26:13PM -0400, [email protected] wrote:
> OK, maybe I was wrong about the rules... although I'm still looking for
> a definitive answer from an impartial party :-)

What's the supposed partiality? 

Damn, just read the constitution and think about it for five seconds;
the answer is perfectly obvious, along the lines I, Bijan, and Mike
(who is or will soon be an actual lawyer!) have suggested.

I don't understand why this is so difficult.

> Does the statute of limitations apply to impeachment?

Huh? *Which* statute of limitations? *Which* impeachement?

Obviously a former president cannot be impeached, yes? And a *future*
president cannot be impeached, yes? Impeachment applies to *current*
office holders.

If you're asking whether ordinary criminal procedue applies to
impeachment, the answer is no, since it isn't an ordinary criminal
procedure.

If you're asking whether a president could be impeached for an act for
which the statute of limitations has expired, the answer is *of
course* she or he can. That the statute of limitations had expired
might well be one element of a defense against impeachment or removal
is a separate issue.

Kendall