From the New American
Posted 9-6-18
GOOD FOR THE GOOSE GOOD FOR THE GANDER
“Suppose, just suppose, Robert Mueller finds overwhelming and indisputable evidence that Trump conspired with Putin to rig the 2016 election, and the rigging determined the election’s outcome,” writes Reich.
“In other words, Trump’s presidency is not authorized under the United States Constitution,” he continues. Furthermore, let’s say these collusion findings are so compelling that even Trump’s allies (the lizards and few warm-blooded ones) abandon him.
Then, writes Reich, “Impeachment isn’t enough.”
You see, this would still leave us with a President Pence and all Trump’s legislation, executive orders, and, states Reich, “the official record of his presidency.” (Ah, so beautifully Stalinesque; perhaps we can even airbrush Trump from pictures and history books.)
“The only response to an unconstitutional presidency is to annul it,” concludes Reich — this would eliminate all the above. He kindly explains:
The Constitution does not specifically provide for annulment of an unconstitutional presidency. But read as a whole, the Constitution leads to the logical conclusion that annulment is the appropriate remedy for one.
After all, the Supreme Court declares legislation that doesn’t comport with the Constitution null and void, as if it had never been passed [note that this also is a power the courts seized, extra-constitutionally, for themselves].
It would logically follow that the Court could declare all legislation and executive actions of a presidency unauthorized by the Constitution to be null and void, as if Trump had never been elected.