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Liberals Try to Impeach Bybee

By W. James Antle, III on 4.28.09 @ 11:21AM

The Politico is reporting that there will be a serious effort to impeach Judge Jay Bybee over the Bush administration's "torture memos." Their view is that if they can get the House to impeach, the Senate will be forced to hold a trial and there will be nothing President Obama can do about it. This is the sort of thing conservatives talk about doing to liberal activist judges all the time, but rarely do.

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Mary| 4.28.09 @ 11:51AM

This is the sort of thing conservatives talk about doing to liberal activist judges all the time, but rarely do.

That'll change.

Alstair Alexander Ammonia| 4.28.09 @ 12:00PM

Mary, so true. The door will swing both ways on either side of the aisle.

Bert| 4.28.09 @ 12:48PM

If the House Democrats actually impeach, it will set a very interesting game in play. Does Obama have any sway over the left-most radicals in Congress or not? As we know from the Clinton impeachment, the Senate, as an institution, has no qualms whatsoever about shirking its duty to try impeachment cases. If Obama doesn't want it to happen, and if he has sufficient clout, it won't happen. Indeed, the impeachment wouldn't happen to begin with. But note that there are two "ifs" in that premise. Obama can protest that he didn't call for this, while Emmanuel or another minion whispers to the Democrat lapdogs in the Senate, which will soon include Specter, that there will be no repercussions from the White House if they go forward.

Only one thing is certain. Judge Bybee will not enjoy being the football in this game.