Comments on: Is the Constitution Unconstitutional? https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/09/is-the-constitution-unconstitutional/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:37:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: LT https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/09/is-the-constitution-unconstitutional/#comment-104318 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:37:38 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35160#comment-104318 >>>The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. (Article 1, Section 2)<<< I think the point is that the House has the power of impeachment and, as of yet, the House has done nothing. Remember, the House acts by vote of the body, not by declarations of individual members. The Constitution does not give the power of impeachment to individuals in the house, or to a subset of the House, but to the House. This is the same "House" that chooses speakers and officers. That is not done by a few people but by a vote of the House. In the same way, the House impeaches, not a few members of the House. Why won't Pelosi bring an impeachment vote to the House floor? That is a much more interesting question. She surely has the votes for it. So why doesn't she put it on the floor and put GOP members in the place of having to vote one way or the other?

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]]> By: Headless Unicorn Guy https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/09/is-the-constitution-unconstitutional/#comment-104307 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:52:30 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35160#comment-104307 In reply to ken.

The purpose of the letter does matter here though. Clearly it is intended to stir the base into thinking that what congress is doing is unconstitutional.
Some months ago, there was a mention in TIME magazine that Trump’s 2020 strategy is to whip his Base into greater and greater heights of fanaticism, ignore everyone else, and let those Base fanatics do the job. Twitterstorm after Twitterstorm.

Personally, I think that’s a VERY risky strategy, but there’s always the Twittercall for a Second Amendment Solution if it fails. And the Nuclear Football as the ultimate backup plan.

]]> By: Headless Unicorn Guy https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/09/is-the-constitution-unconstitutional/#comment-104308 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:52:30 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35160#comment-104308 In reply to ken.

The purpose of the letter does matter here though. Clearly it is intended to stir the base into thinking that what congress is doing is unconstitutional.
Some months ago, there was a mention in TIME magazine that Trump’s 2020 strategy is to whip his Base into greater and greater heights of fanaticism, ignore everyone else, and let those Base fanatics do the job. Twitterstorm after Twitterstorm.

Personally, I think that’s a VERY risky strategy, but there’s always the Twittercall for a Second Amendment Solution if it fails. And the Nuclear Football as the ultimate backup plan.

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/10/09/is-the-constitution-unconstitutional/#comment-104286 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:46:36 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35160#comment-104286 In reply to OrthoAnabaptist.

contacting your reps and senators, esp. the GOP ones, is a good idea. If the Repubs in congress realize that they have pissed off enough people they are going to forget about Trump’s base. they will realize they might not get re-elected w/o Trump’s base, but that they definitely won’t get re-elected if that is all they have.

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