[EL] [Lawcourt-l] Ike Picture RE: My attempt at political fiction/a real short story/ An American Coup

[Schultz, David A.]

I had her resign to be consistent with her record in Alaska as governor and
because she decides there is more money to be made in reality TV (or as a
CNN commentator) than waiting around for Trump to die or be impeached.

On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Levinson, Sanford V <
SLevinson at law.utexas.edu> wrote:

> A key question is whether Trump is self-conscious enough to choose
> “impeachment insurance.”  It seems unlikely that he would choose someone
> actually competent to be President, because the temptation to impeach him,
> ASAP, would be too tempting.  Palin would be perfect as such insurance, of
> course.  So the question is why does she resign?  Does he really do
> something that even she finds offensive (perhaps hit on Bristol)?
>
> sandy
>
> From: <lawcourt-l-bounces at legal.umass.edu> on behalf of "Schultz, David
> A."
> Date: Monday, July 4, 2016 at 5:50 PM
> To: Henry Frank Carey
> Cc: Law and Courts, law-election
> Subject: Re: [Lawcourt-l] Ike Picture RE: My attempt at political
> fiction/a real short story/ An American Coup
>
> Thanks Chip!  Palin was fun for the story but post-convention I plan to
> revise the short story.  Do you or others have any ideas on a good place to
> send the short story?  I think it is a fun piece and it deserves wider read
> than the Huffington Post?
>
> If anyone has a good idea on where to send it let me know.
>
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Henry Frank Carey <hcarey at gsu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I think Colin Powell could have had the GOP nomination in 1996, but he
>> withdrew his name from the ring (many years before his unhappy tenure in
>> the Bush administration). That is a far cry from a military coup, which is
>> implausible, because the institutions checking a US president are far
>> stronger than those few checks in electoral campaign speech from public
>> opinion and the news media. Impeachment is not an easy check on a president
>> under control but there are others actions, including refusing to carry out
>> orders or a rushed decision to the US Supreme Court. Still I enjoyed
>> David's piece, which was very well researched, even if Palin is not going
>> to be nominated!
>>
>> Could a sitting president be arrested?
>>
>> Chip Carey
>>
>>
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David Schultz, Professor
Editor, Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE)
Hamline University
Department of Political Science
1536 Hewitt Ave
MS B 1805
St. Paul, Minnesota 55104
651.523.2858 (voice)
651.523.3170 (fax)
http://davidschultz.efoliomn.com/
http://works.bepress.com/david_schultz/
http://schultzstake.blogspot.com/
Twitter:  @ProfDSchultz
My latest book:  Presidential Swing States:  Why Only Ten Matter
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739195246/Presidential-Swing-States-Why-Only-Ten-Matter
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