Democrat who shouted at Trump during joint address vows to file impeachment articles

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20. Polls or petitions like that are good at getting a sense of what people think

at least those who respond to them. But they would have no LEGAL effect, so it wouldn't really even be considered a "half measure", but a "no measure" except for establishing the opinion of the respondents.

But it needed to be clarified here, since a number of people aren't aware that there is no actual "recall" authority for Congress or the President.

There is some analogous mechanism in countries with Parliamentary systems of government, where the natives can get restless, and the elected party members who helped to form the government (and who were the ones who SELECTED the Prime Minister), can push for their PM to call a "snap election", and that head of state might step down at that point or wait for the results of the election to decide whether they can remain or must leave.