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Senate Options Upon Receiving Articles of Impeachment

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Posted by Goober Tingle7365 2019-12-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 In my opinion, a trial is unnecessary. The House articles, on their face, are defective. Both fail to meet the constitutional threshold of "high crimes and misdemeanors."

Agreed.

This would negate a trial but does not give the president any formal "acquittal," after a trial on the merits of the articles, which would prove the president’s innocence.

Can we please stop bandying this foolish, ignorant, un-American concept that any citizen, pauper or POTUS, in this country has to prove his innocence?

Do people in this country truly not understand that we are guaranteed, by the highest law of the land and by centuries of precedent, the presumption of innocence?

Trump doesn't need to "prove" anything. That burden rests with the mad hatters and other conspirators who have spent three years subjecting this nation to an unending parade of horseshit on stilts.

ENOUGH. Don't dignify this Shitshow with a response - let alone a trial defense.

Dismiss it forthwith. Option #1 is the only reasonable course of action. To coin a phrase, MoveOn.

Posted by Lex 2019-12-24 01:13|| 2019-12-24 01:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Require that it'll be printed with water insoluble ink on toilet paper?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-24 03:01|| 2019-12-24 03:01|| Front Page Top

#3 #MoveOn soon to be replaced by #F*ckOff

Posted by Mercutio 2019-12-24 07:39|| 2019-12-24 07:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Lex is right again. Dismiss at the first opportunity. If we have a trial, are we really sure that Roberts won't screw us? I think not...

Posted by Warthog 2019-12-24 10:08|| 2019-12-24 10:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Always remember that Roberts is a Bush appointee and Bushes hate Trump as much as Pelosi does.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-12-24 12:58|| 2019-12-24 12:58|| Front Page Top

#6 The articles had to be published in the Congressional Record. Nancy has no use for protocol. Just have Mitch act on the 'record'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-24 15:14|| 2019-12-24 15:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Under our system the accused is NOT required to testify in his defense.

The burden of proof is 100% on the prosecution.

These prosecutorial morons can't even define the charges, let alone make a coherent case, let alone meet even a minimal standard of proof.

Posted by Lex 2019-12-24 15:19|| 2019-12-24 15:19|| Front Page Top

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