r/politics • u/RB_Reich Robert Reich • Sep 26 '19

Let’s talk about impeachment! I'm Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, author, professor, and co-founder of Inequality Media. AMA. AMA-Finished

I'm Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor for President Clinton and Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. I also co-founded Inequality Media in 2014.

Earlier this year, we made a video on the impeachment process: The Impeachment Process Explained

Please have a look and subscribe to our channel for weekly videos. (My colleagues are telling me I should say, “Smash that subscribe button,” but that sounds rather violent to me.)

Let’s talk about impeachment, the primaries, or anything else you want to discuss.

Proof: https://i.imgur.com/tiGP0tL.jpg

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u/protekt0r New Mexico Sep 26 '19

Can Mitch McConnell singularly block impeachment in the senate?

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u/RB_Reich Robert Reich Sep 26 '19

No. The Constitution gives authority to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to preside over a Senate impeachment hearing.

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u/protekt0r New Mexico Sep 26 '19

Thank the heavens for that! Although I disagree with Chief Roberts on many of his views, I do find him to be a faithful defender of the Constitution and a patriot.

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u/spiderlanewales Ohio Sep 27 '19

This is where a hardcore "constitutionalist" might come in handy. SCOTUS justices have nothing to lose, they're appointed for life, it shouldn't matter to them who appointed them.