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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I admit that I had never heard of Raskin until this news hit but it shows the idiocy and desperation of Democrats who are so impotent that they propose meaningless measures that don't have a chance of success.

Raskin and other dumbasses supporting this measure don't seem to realize that with the House and Senate controlled by Republicans something like this will never pass. And the idea that Pence will take the lead on this is asinine.

Is it any wonder that Democrats are floundering in terms of how to deal with Trump and the Republican agenda? I guess they realize that impeachment will not fly so they are now relying on this idiotic measure.

[i]Pointing to the outcry over President Donald Trump's latest controversial tweets, freshman Rep. Jamie Raskin is urging his colleagues to get behind a bill that could potentially oust the President if he was mentally or physically unfit.

The Maryland Democrat wants to create an 11-member commission made up of mostly physicians and psychiatrists -- more formally called the "Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity." The panel would carry out a medical examination and determine whether the President was physically or mentally able to do the job.

Two of the commission's members would also be former high ranking officials, such as presidents, vice presidents, attorneys general or secretaries of state.

It's a provocative and long-shot effort, but Raskin is citing as his legal backup the 25th Amendment of the Constitution, which was adopted in 1967 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to establish procedure in the case a president is incapacitated. About two dozen Democrats have signed on to the effort as of Thursday.
Raskin is zeroing in on one section of that constitutional amendment, which allows the vice president to assume powers if either the majority of the Cabinet or "such other body as Congress" finds that the President is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of office." (The vice president would also have to agree to the assessment of the President's abilities.) Raskin is proposing his commission to serve as that "body."

The President could appeal the decision, and a whopping two-thirds of both the House and the Senate would then need to agree with the commission's assessment in order to keep the President out of office. If two-thirds fail to agree, then the President would be allowed to resume the powers and duties of the office.[/i]

[url]http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/30/politics/jamie-raskin-bill-panel-remove-donald-trump/index.html[/url]
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The longer your posts, the more desperate you sound.[/quote]

Your attempt at being pithy just makes you come across as moronic. [/quote]

If you can't explain your point in a few sentences, then it probably isn't very strong.[/quote]

I appreciate your post but, I read very fast.[/quote]

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