Dragonlady
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I'm curious if that is possible, because of this:He will be acquited on all that.
Such will cause the TDS morons to take the next step and try to prosecute him as a civilian for nonsense.
but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
If trump is not convicted, then he would not be able to be sued again in civil court. Wouldn't that trigger the double jeopardy clause?
I'm curious if that is possible, because of this:He will be acquited on all that.
Such will cause the TDS morons to take the next step and try to prosecute him as a civilian for nonsense.
but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
If trump is not convicted, then he would not be able to be sued again in civil court. Wouldn't that trigger the double jeopardy clause?
You are misconstruing the meaning of this paragraph completely. There can only be two punishments for impeachment regardless of whether criminal activity was involved. The first punishment is removal from office and the second is a prohibition against seeking election for any public office.These are the only punishments the Senate can impose.
The clause you quoted is, in essence, a “notwithstanding” clause. Which means that regardless of whether he has been convicted and removed from office and barred from all from running for office in future, he can still be arrested on criminal charges tried convicted and jailed for any crimes for which he was impeached.
An impeachment is not a criminal trial and therefore the “double jeopardy rule” doesn’t apply.