2007-09-20 14:41:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
HEADS UP, PEOPLE!!!
Treason is not a crime which would be punished by impeachment. The penalty for treason, is at the very least imprisonment, and in some (past?) cases death.
THINK IT THROUGH!!!
2007-09-20 15:41:25 · update #1
Neither Bill Clinton nor Richard Nixon were charged with or guilty of the crime of treason.
2007-09-20 15:45:31 · update #2
Ok, so I may have been wrong! But now the question is if impeachment is the means/procedure of prosecution, what should be the punishment? Would it be enough that the person who is commissioned with the greatest responsibility to the United States Constitution, should bear a penalty less than that experienced by previously charged with that crime?
2007-09-20 18:46:43 · update #3
Any citizen of the United States is subject to its laws regardless of his job or his profession.
A president who committed murder, for example, would be arrested and charged with murder, and if found guilty, would go to jail.
It has been awhile since I was last in law school, but impeachment simply means that Congress tries to "fire" the president by removing him from office because he has committed "high crimes or misdemeanors". I assume that treason would fall within this definition.
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BTW, people forget that President Andrew Johnson was impeached (put on trial) but was acquitted.
2007-09-21 03:33:12 · answer #1 · answered by Randy G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OH yes! Go search in the history of Richard Nixon. The only President to be impeached and prosecuted for it. Can't remember the actual article #. Sorry....
2007-09-20 15:37:57 · answer #2 · answered by tim b 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, it's called impeachment.
2007-09-20 14:47:36 · answer #3 · answered by Monk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-09-20 17:43:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"High crimes and misdemeanors" are punishable by impeachment. (Nixon was not impeached. He resigned. Clinton was impeached but not convicted.)
2007-09-20 18:32:03 · answer #5 · answered by MALIBU CANYON 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yea articles of impeachment...see bill clinton ..aka..the clinton legacy for more specifics.
2007-09-20 14:48:56 · answer #6 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋