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Subject: Re: A question about impeachment - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 30-Nov-83 11:35:26 EST
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Well, back to Government 101.  Put simply, the House indicts,
the Senate tries, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
presides in the instance of a President being tried.  There
have been numerous impeachments in the past, the most notable
being Johnson.  In the case of Nixon, the house never got to
indictment by the full House.  It was only voted out of committee
(along party lines I might add).

As to the matter of Reagan sending troops somewhere without the
approval of Congress, the issue was settled by the Supreme Court
80 years ago when Teddy Roosevelt did the same thing.  Every
President since then has sent troops somewhere without the 
approval of Congress.  As to the War Powers Act, everyonne in
Washington knows that it cannot stand up to the Constitution,
so that's why there is no hue and cry, except from a few
dimbulbs that shouldn't even be sweeping streets.  

By the way, isn't it interesting that Ron Dellum's name (along
with several other Congressmen) was found on some of the
papers found in Grenada?  See Evans and Novack last week.