Does International Terrorism Really Exist?

Gator said:
Is that an order while in your official capacity as a Milforum Moderator?
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No official Moderation, just asking for facts rather than your personal opinion on impeachment laws. And the forum rule on that subject is as quoted above.

If the House Judiciary Comittee has charged anyone lately, it hasn't been in the news yet. And as for how easily a President can be removed from office by impeachment, I don't think that has happened in our history, and I can count the number of Presidential impeachments on one hand and have fingers left over.

By the way, this thread is wandering afar. Please get back on international terrorism.
 
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I perosnally believe that because I am not well liked by some of the Members of this Forum that I may be held to a higher standard than Members who happen to be liked, keeping that in mind, will the United States Government be accepted as an Official Source?

Originally Posted by Missileer
Well, that sounds easier than it really is. First, the charges have to be brought before a judicial comittee and proven to be true.
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I did not agree with your Post.


This is current as of the 109th Congress.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi...=109_cong_house_rules_manual&docid=hruletx-57

[109th Congress House Rules Manual -- House Document No. 108-241]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office Online Database]
[DOCID:hruletx-57]

[Page 313-330]

sec. liii--impeachment

In the <<NOTE: Sec. 603. Inception of impeachment proceedings in the
House.>> House there are various methods of setting an impeachment in
motion: by charges made on the floor on the responsibility of a Member
or Delegate (II, 1303; III, 2342, 2400, 2469; VI, 525, 526, 528, 535,
536); by charges preferred by a memorial, which is usually referred to a
committee for examination (III, 2364, 2491, 2494, 2496, 2499, 2515; VI,
543); by a resolution dropped in the hopper by a Member and referred to
a committee (Apr. 15, 1970, p. 11941; Oct. 23, 1973, p. 34873); by a
message from the President (III, 2294, 2319; VI, 498 ); by charges
transmitted from the legislature of a State (III, 2469) or territory
(III, 2487) or from a grand jury (III, 2488 ); or from facts developed
and reported

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by an investigating committee of the House (III, 2399, 2444). In the 93d
Congress, the Vice President sought to initiate an investigation by the
House of charges against him of possibly impeachable offenses. The
Speaker and the House took no action on the request since the matter was
pending in the courts and the offenses did not relate to activities
during the Vice President's term of office (Sept. 25, 1973, p. 31368;
III, 2510 (wherein the Committee on the Judiciary, to which the matter
had been referred by privileged resolution, reported that the Vice
President could not be impeached for acts or omissions committed before
his term of office)). On the other hand, in 1826 the Vice President's
request that the House investigate charges against his prior official
conduct as Secretary of War was referred, on motion, to a select
committee (III, 1736). On September 9, 1998, an independent counsel
transmitted to the House under 28 U.S.C. 595(c) a communication
containing evidence of alleged impeachable offenses by the President.
The House adopted a privileged resolution reported by the Committee on
Rules referring the communication to the Committee on the Judiciary,
restricting Members' access to the communication, and restricting access
to committee meetings and hearings on the communication (H. Res. 525,
Sept. 11, 1998, p. 20020). Later, the House adopted a privileged
resolution reported by the Committee on the Judiciary authorizing an
impeachment inquiry by that committee (H. Res. 581, Oct. 8, 1998, p.
24679). The authority to appoint an independent counsel under 28 U.S.C.
573 expired on June 30, 1999.
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I also disagree with the finding of fact, as the House places the Charge before the United States Senate for Trial.
 
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Well, now do you see why so few Presidents and members of all three branches have been impeached? There are so many twists and turns in laws and bylaws that no one takes a chance to start impeachment proceedings because the volume you just copied is understood and used by few Congressional lawyers and no laymen or most of Congress. That is the reason independant counsels are chosen to research and interpret the law to determine if there is evidence that will support an impeachable offense.

Now that this thread has drifted from the original subject of international terrorism to the dusty archives of the Library of Congress, let's return or I will have to close the thread.
 
Hey Bulldogg,

It seems that I will have to take you up on your words. Begin with the following:

1. Who?: Tell me with authority, who is behind this war on terror and how they are an army of millions. If they are not millions, or thousands, who cares about them. The US has enough militia types who blow up buildings.

2. International Terrorism? International? Where is the organization? Who are the people? If you can tell me, then you should be a part of a think tank.

Sorry for the sarcasm. I'm just here for fun...I hope you are too.
 
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