Re: A tennis accident, July 13, 1985 (whatif?)

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Re: A tennis accident, July 13, 1985

Posted on: Injection- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:34 +0000 (UTC)

"David Tenner" wrote in message
news:Xns9D366B756304Adtennerameritechnet@216.168.3.30...
> tmcd@panix.com (Tim McDaniel) wrote in
> news:jj5h67-6s6.ln1@tmcd.austin.tx.us :
>
>> In article ,
>> David Tenner wrote:
>>>(4) Bush is in a coma, but Reagan's health is fine. Reagan can't replace
>>>Bush, since the office of Vice President is not vacant.
>>
>> Bush is impeached and convicted.
>>
>> John Pickering was the first Federal official impeached and convicted,
>> on charges of "drunkenness and unlawful rulings", says Wikipedia.
>>
>> The main Wikipedia article
>> says
>>
>> Several impeached judges sought court intervention in their
>> impeachment proceedings on these grounds, but the courts generally
>> refused to become involved due to the Constitution's granting of
>> impeachment and removal power solely to the legislative branch,
>> making it a political question.
>>
>> which matches my memory.
>>
>
> It is true that impeachment and removal would probably be unreviewable in
> the
> courts, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_v._United_States but it is
> still a
> question whether Bush could be properly impeached. It seems much more
> difficult to portray being in a coma as a high crime or misdemeanor than
> "drunkenness and unlawful rulings."
>
> There are all sorts of things Congress can do that would be illegal but
> unreviewable in the courts. One might say that in that event the
> illegality
> is irrelevant, but doubts about the legality of impeachment might act as a
> restraining influence on Congress, especially since, with Reagan in good
> health, Bush's incapacity does not seem to present any great threat to the
> Republic--apart from presidential succession, the Vice President's only
> constitutional responsibility is to preside over the Senate, and that can
> be
> done by the President Pro Tempore.
>

I suspect that the court would appoint a Guardian to see to it Mr. Bush's
affairs were legally taken care of, most likely his wife Barbara. I believe
in such cases she would have the complete authority to resign her legal ward
from his office, and probably would do so after a month or so when it
becomes clear he can no longer do the job and the media attention is a
distraction for her.
--
~Always appeal to a man's enlightened self interest, you can trust him to
look out for himself honestly.
It is when you appeal to his Honor or the Common Good that he stops paying
attention. ~

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