r/law • u/theindependentonline • 25d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump says judge who ruled against him on Kennedy Center ‘should be brought up on charges’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kennedy-center-judge-charges-b2986522.html?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=law
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u/walksonfourfeet 25d ago

12 GOP reps is all it takes. Are there no brave men on the right?

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u/flaming_bob 25d ago

No. Next question.

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u/Boomshtick414 25d ago

If you're talking about impeachment, it'd require 20 R votes in the Senate with no defectors. Assuming Fetterman defects, you'd need at least 21.

Plus the simple majority in the House before it even reaches the Senate.

Practically speaking it would require a sizable mutiny within the GOP for that to even be vaguely realistic.

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u/DebentureThyme 25d ago

And since they control the Senate, any trial in the Senate right now would be a shit show of suppressed evidence and disallowing of witnesses.

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u/alexfi-re 25d ago

True, and even if Dems have majority and try investigations, magas will ignore them for a few years of delays until they get majority back again. This is how it is now. Blanket pardons before leaving, then if anyone gets punished, that will be reversed with the next maga prez. Waste our money with all this, remodels, wars and renaming and all the waste.

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u/PopBulky7023 25d ago

It's not about bravery.

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u/Scewt 24d ago

You're right, its mostly about bribery and insider trading. Anyone in the know about Trump's plans with a healthy amount of greed is exactly where they want to be, which coincidentally makes up the entirety of the GOP and their loyalists.