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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PiMac who wrote (12422)	5/13/1999 5:47:00 AM
From: Bob Lao-Tse	Respond to of 13994

Trite, unnecessarily sarcastic and wrong. Yes, we do have a judicial branch, but according to the separation of powers, they cannot charge a sitting President until the Congress is done with him. That's what has happened. Now, if you want a legitimate out for Bill, there is some question as to whether he can be charged even now. According to a strict interpretation of the Constitution, it seems to me that the judicial branch can't do anything to Clinton until he leaves office. Until then it would seem that Congress is the only entity that can try him for anything. But either way, Congress was fulfilling their Constitutional duty when they tried him, and the judicial branch has nothing to do with the matter (except for the Chief Justice presiding over the Senate trial). -BLT