Originally Posted by Kestrel
Just because people support it, doesn't make it legal. I'd say a majority of people are OK with speeding, doesn't mean you won't get a ticket for it. I think there is a valid question as to whether President Bush violated the law (which, ostensibly, would be examined in the trial proceedings of his impeachment).
But I do agree with you, the bill may be introduced, but it will be killed pretty quickly.
You have to realize that Clinton also had a Republican Congree impeach him. In this case, Bush and the Congress are supposedly on the same side. The party will not embarass itself; this will be scuttled.
I wasn't trying to say it was legal or not by what the majority of Americans think. The point I was trying to get across is that the majority of politicians are not going to do something in the face of large opposition from their constituents. (Well except Ted Kennedy who complains about energy prices on one hand nad tries to kill the Cape Wind project with the other(I support Cape Wind BTW))
As for breaking the law I have seen plenty of legal analyst come out and say that either A) it was within his right to do or B) the law is murky and there is no way to prove he did/did not break the law. I support President Bush doing that and would have supported a Democrat for doing the same thing.
Clinton also was caught in a bold-faced lie directly to the American people and after it was proven were impeachment procedings begun. As much as some people really, really want to prove President Bush has broken the law it has yet to happen.