31. In writing the Constitution, the Founding Fathers wisely provided the means to remove a president if he committed treason or other high crimes and misdemeanors. 32. It is much harder to actually remove the president. 33. It is not enough to imply or infer or assume that a president must be removed. 34. It takes a two-thirds vote of the Senate to remove the president from office. 35. It takes a two-thirds vote of the Senate to remove a president from office. 36. It prescribes a process for removing a president who is incapable of performing the duties of his office. 37. It would leave unanswered the question of whether a president should be removed from office for an offense that did not involve a matter of state. 38. More than anything, though, those who want the president removed came back to the issue of what they describe as his dishonesty. 39. Moreover, the path toward removing the president from office seems more littered with obstacles this morning than it was Tuesday. 40. Most of them realize that if the Rev. Pat Robertson is willing to concede that the president cannot be removed, it is time to settle up. |