-=> Quoting Robert Craft to Walter Luffman <=-
 WL> I just thought of something. Nowhere in the Constitution is
 WL> there any mention of either a procedure or a _need_ for
 WL> impeaching a Vice President.  Could Starr indict Algore on
[...]
 RC> Remember Spiro Agnew? He faced impeachment after pleading
 RC> nolo contendre to charges of accepting kickbacks as
 RC> Governor of Maryland. [And we're supposed to ignore the
 RC> irregularities of the Dufus' gubernatorial service?] But
 RC> Agnew resigned before a Bill of Impeachment could be drawn
 RC> up by Congress.
I recall there was some disagreement as to whether the
impeachment movement was constitutional, but that's nothing new;
lawyers, judges and lawmakers can read all sorts of power into
and out of any document including the Constitution. I don't
specifically recall the constitutional basis the impeachment
proponents cited, but it certainly would not have gotten very
far if there had been some constitutional grounds.  So I suppose
that leaves Algore vulnerable, which is what I was hoping.
 
 RC> Let's see now: Gore impeached/resigns -> Dufus nominates VP
 RC> replacement -> Dufus impeached/resigns -> Senate rejects VP
 RC> nominee.
That's the idea.  Clinton either nominates someone who can
pass review with the Senate, or he has no VP.  If he has no
VP in place, and he is impeached or resigns (or Hillary hits
him with something much more deadly than an ashtray)....
 RC> That leaves the top two slots empty. Newt becomes President
 RC> and nominates VP [J.C. Watts?] and Dick Armey becomes
 RC> Speaker.
By George (Wasington, of course), I think you've got it!
 RC> If only... if only...
The very thought is almost intoxicating, isn't it?
Walter, Forked Deer River Ilks
wluffman@usit.net
... Clinton is as Clinton does.
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