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Re: Impeachment
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Wed, 6 Jan 1999 22:12:14 GMT
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John Cromer wrote:

ps to Larry P:  I did a non-case-sensitive search through the 85
Federalist Papers at
http://www.augur.demon.co.uk/federalist-papers/index.htm for "high
crimes" and came up with zip.  A more specific reference to a Federalist
Paper would help me.

I did some digging and I could not find it either. Well, somebody ELSE
said it was, and I should have verified it before I alleged. But I'd be
willing to bet (since you can't call me on it, they're all dead now)
that what I outlined was what was intended by the authors.

--
Larry Pieniazek    http://my.voyager.net/lar
For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
- Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
- Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
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  Re: High Crimes and Misdemeaners (was Impeachment)
 
I think you're right, although it seems to imply that a president could be impeached for jaywalking. The upshot appears to be that whatever the House and Senate consider impeachable is impeachable. as evah, John C. (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Impeachment
 
Jim, I do find your argument fairly convincing, at least in the abstract. We shouldn't lie under oath. We should be punished for lying under oath. That assumption should hold. (...) I guess this is a point where we disagree. I would argue based on (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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