Supreme Court Can Extend Trump’s Term By Up To 3 Years If He’s Acquitted In The Senate

There’s a little-known precedent on the books that Democrats are trying desperately to have removed before the impeachment trial of President Trump begins. In 1974, as Nixon faced impeachment, the Republican Congress passed a law that would allow his term to be extended if he was acquitted.

The law was specific to Nixon and was set to expire in 5 years, but Nixon resigned. The removal of the law, therefore, never happened.

According to legal analyst and constitutional scholar, Art Tubolls, the fact that the law exists at all sets a precedent….

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Author: foguth

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Oh, if only!

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foguth says:

December 16, 2019 at 4:23 pm

I wonder how many heads will explode if / when this becomes well known ;-))))

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Bwahahahaha! In this case, Congress’s typical “oops, we never got around to it” approach to legislation will come back to bite Schiffenstein and Naddles and Pelowsee in the butt, bigly.

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