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<blockquote data-quote="TLK Valentine" data-source="post: 73694260" data-attributes="member: 306134"><p>Isn't a coup, by definition, an <em><strong>illegal </strong></em>act?</p><p></p><p>Why yes, it is:</p><p>coup</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Dictionary result for coup</strong></span></p><p>/ko͞o/</p><p><em>noun</em></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">1.<br /> a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.<br /> "he was overthrown in an army coup"<br /> synonyms: seizure of power, overthrow, takeover, ousting, deposition, regime change;</li> </ol><p></p><p>Doesn't the Constitution allow for the removal of a president if the VP and the majority of his cabinet determine that he is unable to do the job?</p><p></p><p>Why yes, it does:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Section 4.</strong></span></p><p>Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.</p><p></p><p>Isn't something that the Constitution explicitly allows by definition, <strong><em>legal</em></strong>?</p><p></p><p>Why yes, it is.</p><p></p><p>therefore, there is no coup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TLK Valentine, post: 73694260, member: 306134"] Isn't a coup, by definition, an [I][B]illegal [/B][/I]act? Why yes, it is: coup [SIZE=4][B]Dictionary result for coup[/B][/SIZE] /ko͞o/ [I]noun[/I] [LIST=1] [*]1. a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. "he was overthrown in an army coup" synonyms: seizure of power, overthrow, takeover, ousting, deposition, regime change; [/LIST] Doesn't the Constitution allow for the removal of a president if the VP and the majority of his cabinet determine that he is unable to do the job? Why yes, it does: [SIZE=5][B]Section 4.[/B][/SIZE] Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Isn't something that the Constitution explicitly allows by definition, [B][I]legal[/I][/B]? Why yes, it is. therefore, there is no coup. [/QUOTE]
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