Posted by Jost on September 14, 2006, at 13:26:36
In reply to Re: nothing to see here, move along, posted by notfred on September 14, 2006, at 0:56:38
Isn't impechment different from removal from office?
Impeachment: to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal with misconduct in office
But is there a "competent tribunal" here?
Are the deputies "public officials"?
Is there an "office" here such that they could carry out such misconduct?
If these words are being used in some analogic way, what are the analogies? and how really relevant is it?
Do we want to spend time setting up a system for charging one another with misconduct and carrying out complex litigations or investigations and prosecurtions?
I hope the anwer is no.
So, if there are any gross violatons of what we commonly as a community find acceptable behavior, do we really need an elaborate set of institutions and rules to deal with them?
Again, I hope the answer is no.
If not, what is all this about?
I'd really like to know, in a simple cogent and down-to-earth summary, not vague abstract or curtailed and cursory ones.
Jost
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