Random Politics & Religion #23 (Fake News)

Tell that to Flynn, Manafont, and Page.

YES! I'm not the only one!

In impeachment news:

NY Rag: Can't legally stop Trump, let's impeach him anyway!

Not going to quote that ***. Even Rooks have standards here.

but it would break their little (black) hearts.

My wife

I don't get how you can felate a xenophobic sexist shitbag, but hey, you do you buddy.

You'll have to type a lot slower and use smaller words if you want to insult a republican!

But its in the HuffPo so you can brush it off.

Unchecked intelligence thank God we don't have that on FFXIAH !

Normally when I understand something I say totally like you know whatever !

Violating the oath of office does not require violating a criminal statute. If the President decided to write the nuclear codes on a sticky note on his desk and then took a photo of it and tweeted it, he would not technically have violated any criminal law–just as he hasn’t here. He has the constitutional authority to dictate that the safeguarding of nuclear materials shall be done through sticky notes in plain sight and tweeted, even the authority to declassify the codes outright. Yet, we would all understand this degree of negligence to be a gross violation of his oath of office.

Congress has alleged oath violations—albeit violations tied to criminal allegations or breaches of statutory obligations—all three times it has passed or considered seriously articles of impeachment against presidents: against Andrew Johnson (“unmindful of the high duties of his oath of office”), Richard Nixon (“contrary to his oath”), and Bill Clinton (“in violation of his constitutional oath”). Further, two of the three articles of impeachment against Nixon alleged no direct violation of the law. Instead, they concerned Nixon’s abuse of his power as President, which, like the President putting the nuclear codes on Twitter, is an offense that can only be committed by the President and has thus never been explicitly prohibited in criminal law.

Bombshell: Initial Thoughts on the Washington Post’s Game-Changing Story

Violating the oath of office does not require violating a criminal statute

Wait, since when does a leaker provide the materials s/he is leaking to their family members before s/he leaks it?

<Leaker> Hi Mom, I'm about to do something immoral and possibly illegal. I want you to look at it first so you can be an accessory to the crime, [badjoke]and not just any accessory, a pearl necklace[/badjoke].