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In effect we are doing that which mr. madison warned against. we always talk about hamilton in 65. federalist 65. and rightly so mr. madison warned against successfully on the floor having grounds of impeachment that would include move administration. i think that's what this debate is all about. the hyperbole, national security which you just talked about, and a clear and present danger. that's another thing in terms of moving this forward. if the president is a clear and present danger, then the trial in the senate, which is destined to come, has to move forward quickly. the framers were ver...

Worries about. this is a direct threat to the national security of america. >> in my book, "obstructing justice and under oath" it is a pretty serious offense. absent a vote of the house majority to open this inquiry, and precisely because they didn't want impeachment to be driven by a olfaction, and to me it's extraordinary on it pushing this process forward on the approval of the house of representatives. >> the fact is, the constitution text doesn't spell out exactly the procedures that have to be followed but i think it's pretty clear. from the majority requirement to the super majority re...

This is a direct threat to the national security of america. >> in my book, "obstructing justice and lying under oath are pretty serious offense. the framers had up our system so that you need to get a majority of the house, super majority in the senate precisely because they didn't want impeachment to be driven by a faction, a rogue group of ideologues. it's extraordinary they are intent on pushing the process forward without getting the approval of the entire house of representatives. >> laura: they say it's not required. >> the fact is, the constitution text doesn't spell out exactly the pr...

Likewise, if the state party decides to disassociate themselves from judge moore in their candidacy and judge moore gets the most votes, the election would be null and void. the only way that a write-in candidate or doug jones would be elected to the u.s. senate would be if one of those individuals, either a write-in candidate or doug jones received the most votes in the race. we do not have a majority requirement in our general election. we only have a plurality requirement. if they receive the most votes, they would win. otherwise, if judge moore received the most votes and he had disqualifi...

The south is very different. the guys who took the flag off the south carolina capitol new which way the winds were blowing. that's why they put a two-thirds majority requirement in to get the flag down. haylee can't take it down. they have to have a two-thirds majority vote. these guys knew they were sort of running out of steam on this stuff. the problem is it took this horrible tragedy for the gop to have this internal discussion they have been trying to avoid i think for a long time. it just became too uncomfortable to stand next to guys at the confederate flag. >> there's this incredible ...