• dhork@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Yes, and that process involves a higher threshold (2/3 of both houses) than impeachment (1/2 of the House and 2/3 of the Senate). It also needs the VP to agree.

    So if impeachment won’t work, then this won’t work either.

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      14 hours ago

      Honestly, if you can get 2/3 to agree, they shouldn’t need to have any qualifying condition. That should just be the bar for getting fired even if enough people simply don’t like him being there.

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        12 hours ago

        That’s already how it works with impeachment. You need 1/2 of the house and 2/3rds of the Senate to agree to remove. You are describing what already exists

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          6 hours ago

          That’s why there’s been several impeachments in the last 20 years but nobody has left office.

          I’m talking about straight up ejection from the moment the vote is validated type of stuff. Not the beginning to a hopelessly long series of trials and further votes. Just a one vote, done thing that could easily be official before the pres even know it might be likely.

          Presidents are far too comfy as far as job security goes. They should be at risk of being fired literally every second if enough people agree that they’re a fuck-up. And depending on the reason the vote happens, they should be notified they’re fired by a surprise pair of handcuffs. None of this long drawn out shit. The fastest thing possible in reference should be fitting the leader.

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      14 hours ago

      If his condition is in decline and this is not the last stupid thing he does it might become more likely.