- Impeachment, 'that which we call 'Contempt of Parliament' by any other name would smell as rotten'

Lloyd Macilquham cicblog
12:51 PM on March 10, 2011

(see previous post)

I'd say that the Speaker's ruling is pretty much the same thing as Impeachment in the US,

certainly to point out the close parallel,

Reading Wikipedia's description of Impeachment in the US system.

There are, of course, many, many other references to what Impeachment means in the US

But, when it gets right down to it:

Impeachment, 'that which we call 'Contempt of Parliament' by any other name would smell as rotten';

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment)

United States

"impeachment is only the first of two stages, and conviction requires a two-thirds vote. Impeachment does not necessarily result in removal from office; it is only a legal statement of charges, parallel to an indictment in criminal law. An official who is impeached faces a second legislative vote (whether by the same body or another), which determines conviction, or failure to convict, on the charges embodied by the impeachment. "


Generally,

"Impeachment is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity and the outcome of which, depending on the country, can lead to the removal of that official from office or other punishment."


Perhaps, Marcus1947 you might actually research what Impeachment means in the US system.

Then, you may not so quick to say I am wrong.

Lets take a rational approach,

First you give no logical or rational basis for your bald denial.

You make no reference to the meaning of Impeachment generally or the US specifically.

Marcus1947 perhaps you could let us know

for Wikipedia if it's ^not Right on this:

(My Response, 12:40 PM, to Marcus1947, 11:20 AM, reply to my post: 10:51 AM

"Let me know if I'm not 'Right' (as in ^not wrong) on this

But isn't the Speaker's Ruling the same as an Impeachment in the US)

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