I'm thrilled to see Josh Hawley shunned. If you see him in the streets, I urge you to ask for a selfie, and then ostentatiously delete it in front of him, making a farting sound with your mouth.
If you see him in a restaurant, please announce his presence, preferably with a little bugle.
"HERE COMES GREAT AMERICAN PATRIOT JOSH HAWLEY AND TODAY HE HAS ORDERED A BURGER, MEDIUM WELL, WITH EXTRA ONIONS"
I'm not saying that anyone should spit in his food or anything. But no restaurant should ever get his order right again.
Ask him to sign your Bible, only to reveal that every page is just a picture of him making a black power fist to protesters.
If you're a divorce lawyer in his area, crowdfund a billboard to offer a discount rate to his wife.
Every debate with him should consist solely of repeating the things he's said back at him in a high-pitched whine
Be above and beyond extra nice to his wife and kids, and pointedly exclude him from the special treatment. If his kids go to Disney World, offer them a behind the scenes tour contingent on him staying in the car.
Wave at him excited him in public and then look annoyed when he waves back because you were clearly directing it at someone behind him who was also named Josh
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And, this argument sucks. There were 29 votes that the Senate lacked authority to convict Belknap after he resigned (with the specific intent to avoid impeachment).
But there's no mention of the fact that there were 37 votes that the Senate did have that authority.
Weird.
Turley's a renowned scholar who's done great work in the past. But great work is work.
Before January 2021, is anyone aware of Turley ever forming a strong opinion anywhere about whether only sitting officials could be impeached?
Georgians are, as far as I know, only eligible for a pardon five years after having completed their sentence. The board of pardons in Georgia is actually pretty generous with this, and you don't need a lawyer to fill out the form.
At the point where you're saying a President can't be impeached for speech that can't be criminally punished, for instance, if he said the time had come to put people in concentration camps, I have to wonder whether you understand that impeachment is a political remedy.
At that point, why not just say that impeachment is a bill of attainder?
Some have memorably said that if the electoral college were not in the constitution, it would be unconstitutional. That seems to be the argument here.
Also, if there were ever an absolutely radioactive political question that no court would touch, it would be whether the grounds for impeachment were legally permissible.
Trump's lawyers dismissed their case, saying they had reached a settlement with Brad Raffensperger. Not only was this a lie, say Raffensperger's lawyers, who SPECIFICALLY TOLD THEM there was no settlement, but you talked to our client without our consent!