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In a full-page ad taken out in major US newspapers on Monday, tech manufacturer Samsung has offered an apology for the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, which was fitted with a faulty battery, leading to an unprecedented number of the devices exploding. In September of this year, Samsung issued a full recall; now it's promising to fully investigate the phone, Korea Herald reports.
"An important tenet of our mission is to offer best-in-class safety and quality. Recently, we fell short on this promise. For this we are truly sorry," the ad reads."A careful Note 7 investigation is underway and the findings will be shared when the process is complete...We will re-examine every aspect of the device, including all hardware, software, manufacturing and the overall battery structure. We will move as quickly as possible, but will take the time needed to get the right answers."
Is it too late? The devices have been exploding for months.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @09:25PM
While in office, a US president is immune from prosecution for "petty" crimes.
If the House of Representatives decides that a sitting president needs to answer for "high crimes or misdemeanors", they can bring articles of impeachment against the president and vote to approve those.
If the charges are approved, the trial is then held in the Senate who judges whether an officeholder is guilty and unsuitable to remain in office or not.
The period before the January 20 inauguration is still available to charge, try, convict, and imprison President-Elect Trump via normal criminal courts.
The Constitution does not specify what happens after that.
One assumes that either Trump would govern from inside prison or that another election would need to be held.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday November 10 2016, @09:45PM
> The Constitution does not specify what happens after that.
> One assumes that either Trump would govern from inside prison or that another election would need to be held.
Neither.
A president incapable to fulfill his duties is replaced by his vice-president.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @10:12PM
This was a plot point in a "The West Wing" episode.
(Jed Bartlett had disabling episodes due to multiple sclerosis.)
The Constitution specifies that the vice-president takes over if the president DIES in office.
(Remember Edith Wilson after Woodrow had a stroke?)
...and it says nothing about someone who hasn't yet taken the oath of office.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday November 10 2016, @10:32PM
The constitution has nothing to say about a random citizen until the day he is sworn in.
>The Constitution specifies that the vice-president takes over if the president DIES in office.
Incorrect.
The constitution did specify "In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, " (2.1.6)
And since that removal mess was still a bit ambiguous, wise people fixed the problem in 1967:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution [wikipedia.org]