Quote from Haroki:
So impeaching a President that was guilty of perjury, and suborning perjury is 100% politically motivated?
Yes, I believe it was.
Hmmmm, somewhere in the Constitution it speaks about causes for impeachment.....
A trial was held on an elective basis, not a mandatory function, and the prosecutors (those spearheading impeachment proceedings) knew the jury (i.e. the democratic senators) would not support their goals, and that Clinton would not lose his presidency.
This is why Clinton did not resign the way Nixon did, Nixon knew that he would be fully impeached because of the votes in both the house and senate against him. Clinton knew it would be ugly, but he knew he could keep his job.
(I personally think Clinton should have resigned, but he made what I think was a selfish decision, that ultimately gave Bush, the worst president we have ever had, the oval office).
Knowing that, the only reason for the republicans who hated Clinton to continue would be political one, and it worked, as I think it cost Gore the election, as well as added seats to the senate and house to the republicans.
A prosecutor will not try a case that he cannot win, unless their is some political benefit, etc., and the same is true of the republicans in their efforts, knowing that they would fail, they did it for political gain.
So now the Supreme Court is partisan too ?
Likely. I could be wrong, do you have the vote count, and the way the vote count went?
There was little point in it, Clinton had no plans to practice law anyway.
Question - if the USSC was indeed 'partisan', why is Roe v Wade still 'in effect'. Isn't that pretty good evidence to refute what you're alleging?
They need a case presented to them to overturn, and find a reason to overturn.
Roe is law.
We will have some cases not coming up that will show us whether the court is going to be as partisan on this issue as many think.