Romney: It Is Constitutional to Continue with Impeachment After Trump Left Office

[mystery-ak]

Romney: It Is Constitutional to Continue with Impeachment After Trump Left Office

Pam Key 24 Jan 2021

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that it was constitutional to continue with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump even after he has left the office of the presidency.

Anchor Dana Bash asked, “Many of your colleagues, I’m sure you’ve heard, argue that it’s not constitutional to convict a president who is no longer in office. Do you agree with that? ”

Romney said, “Well, I’ve read a number of law review articles, and I think if you put aside the partisan columns if you will written in various publications and look at those that are written by academics, you’ll find that the preponderance of the legal opinion is that an impeachment trial after someone has left office is constitutional. I believe that’s the case. I’ll, of course, hear what the lawyers have to say for each side, but I think it’s pretty clear that the effort is constitutional.”

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[mystery-ak]

Romney said, “Well, I’ve read a number of law review articles

Try reading the Constitution!

[Bigun]

Try reading the Constitution!

That would never occur to him!

[GtHawk]

Another Constitutional law expert that doesn't know a damn thing about it. Romney 'I'm not a Constitution expert but I read a few reviews and  I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night'

[BassWrangler]

This guy....

[jafo2010]

The folks with TDS are determined to destroy him every which way they can. 

Romney the Rat wants to run again.  I suspect even if Trump decides to run in 2024, Romney will also declare he is running. 

Expect him to vote to impeach Trump.  Hopefully, his primary challenger kicks him in the teeth at the election box.

[Right_in_Virginia]

The folks with TDS are determined to destroy him every which way they can. 

Romney the Rat wants to run again.  I suspect even if Trump decides to run in 2024, Romney will also declare he is running. 

Expect him to vote to impeach Trump.  Hopefully, his primary challenger kicks him in the teeth at the election box.

Romney's up for reelection to the Senate in 2024 @jafo2010   He'll probably have to choose which office to run for.

[BassWrangler]

The folks with TDS are determined to destroy him every which way they can. 

Romney the Rat wants to run again.  I suspect even if Trump decides to run in 2024, Romney will also declare he is running. 

Expect him to vote to impeach Trump.  Hopefully, his primary challenger kicks him in the teeth at the election box.

Agree about TDS sufferers, but I don't think that's Romney's problem. Romney is on a personal vendetta, plain and simple. This, more than anything I've seen, shows that he is unfit to lead anything larger than a girl scout troop.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The folks with TDS are determined to destroy him every which way they can. 

Romney the Rat wants to run again.  I suspect even if Trump decides to run in 2024, Romney will also declare he is running. 

Expect him to vote to impeach Trump.  Hopefully, his primary challenger kicks him in the teeth at the election box.

The chances are much greater Mitt will jump to the Dems rather than running for POTUS again.

No one Democrat or GOP will then respect a jumper.

[jafo2010]

No, he is running for POTUS in 2024.  He has a hero complex, and thinks he will rescue the Republican Party.  And if Trump does create a third party, Romney has a real shot to win the GOP primary.

And if Trump does create a third party, I hope Romney wins the GOP nomination.  I can't think of a better candidate that would encourage devote Republicans to vote for a 3rd party candidate named Trump!

[BassWrangler]

No, he is running for POTUS in 2024.  He has a hero complex, and thinks he will rescue the Republican Party.  And if Trump does create a third party, Romney has a real shot to win the GOP primary.

And if Trump does create a third party, I hope Romney wins the GOP nomination.  I can't think of a better candidate that would encourage devote Republicans to vote for a 3rd party candidate named Trump!

This seems highly implausible. Do we have any examples at all of a presidential loser running again and winning?

[jafo2010]

Off the top of my head, Richard Nixon lost in 1960, came back and won in 1968.

I not suggesting Romney would win.  Zero chance of that happening.  And with three parties running, Trump's chances would be reduced, unless the Dems abandon the Dem candidate, but I do not see it happening.  A third party would only guarantee the Dem candidate winning.

[Mesaclone]

This seems highly implausible. Do we have any examples at all of a presidential loser running again and winning?

The answer is: Grover Cleveland

[truth_seeker]

Romney ought to argue his case.

He has a dual degree. JD-MBA.

[Hoodat]

Romney said, “Well, I’ve read a number of law review articles, and I think if you put aside the partisan columns if you will written in various publications and look at those that are written by academics, you’ll find that the preponderance of the legal opinion is that an impeachment trial after someone has left office is constitutional. I believe that’s the case. I’ll, of course, hear what the lawyers have to say for each side, but I think it’s pretty clear that the effort is constitutional.”

Perhaps Romney should cut out the middleman and read the actual Constitution himself.  He's a lawyer.  He should be able to understand something written by a bunch of farmers, merchants, etc.

[Wingnut]

And to think Bernie  wearing the mittens is trending.

[Hoodat]

The answer is: Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland was a decent President, too.  There was a case where Congress tried to appropriate federal money to the widow of a military veteran whose husband had committed suicide.  Cleveland vetoed the bill stating that it was not the federal government's job to hand out money like that.