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Posted: 2005-08-11 05:57pm
by Isolder74
Lord Revan wrote:
Isolder74 wrote:Mace says by the authority of the Senate with palps responding I AM THE SENATE. You would support a president who behaves like this? Jefferson was very good at dancing around this line without breaking the law. Palpitine seems much better at it than is even imaginable.

The president is not above the law, its in the constitution.
In US constitution, the Republic constitution was in prosess of being reformed into the Galacitc Empires Constitution, so it's possible that Suppreme Chancelor was above the law at this point.
It is possible, might have been hidden in the fine print of some other bill :twisted:

Posted: 2005-08-12 09:42am
by Steven Snyder
Isolder74 wrote:on the authority of the Senate,
And the vote for this action was taken when?
An Mp does have the right to arrest the president if they have proff of the crime of treason.
I am pretty damned sure he must first be Impeached.

Posted: 2005-08-12 10:18am
by Isolder74
Steven Snyder wrote:
Isolder74 wrote:on the authority of the Senate,
And the vote for this action was taken when?
An Mp does have the right to arrest the president if they have proff of the crime of treason.
I am pretty damned sure he must first be Impeached.
Not for treason