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electric_mayhem | 11 months ago

Can we recall the elected officials who are shirking their duty to impeach an executive who is behaving unlawfully?

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int_19h|11 months ago

The only officials who matter here are congressmen, and there's no provision in the US Constitution that would allow for a recall. The only legal mechanism for removal is expulsion, which must be voted on by the rest of Congress, so...

jfengel|11 months ago

No, we can't. It's unconstitutional.

Besides... even where recalls are allowed, it's only by their own district. The Congressmen were just elected, and their constituents generally approve of this. A recall effort would certainly fail.

In theory they could be expelled by Congress itself. But obviously that's not going to happen.

xnx|11 months ago

The 2A crowd has thoughts about this

bediger4000|11 months ago

Yeah, thoughts and prayers. I'll believe the 2A crowd if they ever do something.