Randi Rhodes Show 4-25-19
The Randi Rhodes Show
Randi Rhodes
4.8 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Connect. |
| 0:01.4 | To speak to Randy, call 561-2703844. |
| 0:05.9 | 561-270-38-44. |
| 0:11.5 | Presidents can't do that. |
| 0:13.2 | The Supreme Court, just a few years ago, |
| 0:16.0 | said that it had no role in the impeachment process. |
| 0:19.5 | And actually, kids, this is a good reason. Back when |
| 0:22.6 | the framers met in Philadelphia, they were wondering who should have a role in the removal |
| 0:29.6 | of a president, in charging him through impeachment and then putting him on trial. And a lot of |
| 0:35.6 | them initially thought, well, how about the Supreme Court? |
| 0:39.2 | They wear black robes, they're going to be good guys. |
| 0:42.8 | And eventually, there was an overwhelming rejection of that idea for several reasons. |
| 0:47.9 | First of all, the president might have appointed some of those guys in black robes, |
| 0:52.4 | or now women in black robes, they can't be objective. |
| 0:56.1 | Secondly, there was a concern that after a president is kicked out of office, he can still be |
| 1:02.1 | tried criminally. |
| 1:03.5 | Right. |
| 1:04.1 | And that hopefully will happen when this president leaves office, because he's committed a lot of crimes. |
| 1:08.8 | A lot of crimes. |
| 1:10.4 | But who's going to hear the appeal from a criminal conviction of a president? |
| 1:15.6 | Right. |
| 1:16.6 | Well, that would have to be the Supreme Court. |
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