11. After weighing the evidence, the Senate could, by a two-thirds vote, remove the president from office. 12. But neither said he favored such an outcome, and many constitutional scholars have said a convicted president would be removed automatically. 13. But standing right in front of him, Paul Nolan, who said he voted twice for Clinton, was opposed to Congress removing the president. 14. But that did little to dissuade the House prosecutors from pursuing their goal of removing the president. 15. But this vote, unlike the final impeachment verdict to follow, would lack the power to remove the president from office. 16. By giving the Senate the power to remove the president, the Constitution essentially cuts out the courts, Maclin and many other scholars said. 17. Clearly, the public good is served by removing this president. 18. Democrats said the proposal violates the Constitution, which says the Senate should acquit or convict and then remove a president who is found guilty. 19. He is just one of many Members of Congress who voted to impeach or remove the president, who finds himself greeted nowadays with a warm White House embrace. 20. He said the American people would be well served by removing the president, and that the country would survive if that happened. |