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| Dershowitz: Senate Doesn't Need To Wait On House Before They Do Impeachment Trial |
| 2019-12-26 |
| [Gladstone] Under Laurence Tribe's scenario, the House Democrats get to "obstruct" the Senate and "abuse" their power (to borrow terms from the articles of impeachment). I believe that the Senate need not wait for articles of impeachment to be transmitted. Senators are empowered by the constitution to begin a trial now ‐ with or without further action by the House. Just as the House has the "sole power of impeachment," so too the Senate has the "sole power to try all impeachments." Tribe and the Democratic House majority, led by Speaker Pelosi, want to have their constitutional cake and eat it too: they want Trump impeached but not acquitted. Sorry, but the Constitution does not permit that partisan, result-oriented ploy. Either Trump has been impeached and is entitled to a Senate trial; or he has not been impeached and is entitled to a clean slate. So there are only two constitutionally viable alternatives: either Pelosi must announce that Trump has not been impeached; or the Senate must initiate a trial. Preserving the status quo indefinitely ‐ Trump remaining impeached without having a trial ‐ is unconstitutional and should not be tolerated by the American people. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Can Pelosi veto a vote of the House on her personal say-so? The House voted to impeach (and I suppose the effort helped keep them out of mischief(*)); I'd have thought that adequate notice to the Senate. (*) "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session." |
| Posted by: James 2019-12-26 23:09 |
| #3 Actually it should simply be dismissed, forthwith. Senate's rules now. Suck on it, bitches. Take your Shitshow to another tent. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-12-26 11:31 |
| #2 Had the same thought. We know what's in the articles, so vote. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2019-12-26 11:29 |
| #1 they want Trump impeached but not acquitted. They pervert the process and try to ensure their desired result. They wanted Kavanaugh accused of rape but not cleared-- forever smeared. They smeared the Gibson family in Oberlin OH as racists and will not relent -- even after a judgment and over $30 million in compensatory and punitive damages. They wanted Nick Sandmann to be the face of the Class Enemy -- even after it became obvious he was the only adult on the steps that day. Morons. They really think we're the foolish one |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-12-26 03:52 |