Schiff Defends Total Control Over Impeachment Hearings [semi-satire]

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 10 Nov 2019 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif) defended procedural rules that grant him absolute control over which witnesses will be called and heard, saying "the fate of the nation is in my hands. I will not jeopardize its future by allowing Republicans to derail my hearings by attempting to inject irrelevant issues, witnesses, or questions into the mix."

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif), the ranking Republican member of the committee, called Schiff's stance "a blatant violation of due process. Speaker Pelosi's contention that this procedure is fair because we are allowed to request that certain witnesses be permitted to testify is ludicrous if Schiff may reject these witnesses or the questions we might like to ask of any witnesses at his sole discretion. It is tantamount to granting a prosecutor total control to bar any defense witness or any cross-examination questions of his own witnesses. This is contrary to the fundamental principles of fairness in ascertaining the truth or lack thereof of any charges lodged against a person."

Schiff dismissed Nunes' objections as "improperly focused on the constitutional rights of the accused. The impeachment power is not bound by the normal procedures of jurisprudence. The 5th and 6th Amendments do not apply when the person charged is the President of the United States. The Constitution grants the House sole authority to determine whether the president is impeachable. All that is required is that a majority vote for impeachment. That majority has voted to give me unconstrained latitude in how I conduct the process. I will not be deterred by the whining of the minority."

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...

https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/271439-2019-11-08-semi-news-semi-satire-november-10-2019-edition.htm

[yoe]

Not Satire!:

(Democrat Alcee Hastings, Who Was Impeached and Removed, Makes Impeachment Rules)

[Jim W N]

Schiff and the Left Defends Total Control Over EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY.

[Flaming Conservative]

The idiot ADMITS he’s running a completely unfair and unconstitutional process. Where does it say he isn’t to follow jurisprudence?

[Grampa Dave]

Sen. Rand Paul: "You've heard of the Constitution, right? The Constitution has the Sixth Amendment."

Paul went on to explain that the Sixth Amendment included the right of the accused to confront any accusers, suggesting that allowing the whistleblower to remain anonymous would then be a de facto denial of Trump’s Sixth Amendment rights.

Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham also argued that the whistleblower was not guaranteed anonymity, telling reporters, “The whistleblower statute was never meant to give you anonymity. It was meant to allow you to come forward without being fired.”

Read the entire article at The Daily Caller: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10d52uEgxg165jHE0KBwLsRJg9jn5Icdj4d078u2S1eA/edit

Sixth Amendment:

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

[rktman]

Uh, what impeachment?

[hsmomx3]

I have heard they are wanting to impeach before Christmas! They really think they can pull this off!!

[pnut22]

No reason they can’t vote for impeachment today. Let them do it. It will guarantee senate, house and president will be republican.

[hsmomx3]

Yes, and the best thing ever is to watch the mass media lunatics having to report the landslide R victories next November.

[rktman]

Still waiting for someone to file articles of impeachment and a vote on it. DOA in the Senate so they need to quit wasting MORE of our tax dollars.

[pnut22]

I still go back and watch the 2016 election night videos. I can’t find the best one anymore. That would be the Bloomberg pre-election coverage.

[Robert357]

It is time for the Republicans to play a sourced earth game. If Democrats want a lawless Soviet style show trial. Then the Republicans should give them a TV spectacle that sways public opinion against all Democrats.

[Robert357]

Let me see if I understand pencil neck. “.... The 5th and 6th Amendments do not apply when the person charged is the President of the United States......”

So Schiff is saying that the President of the USA is not protected by the Bill of Rights? Wow. So Trump has not 1st Amendment right to free speech. No right to be protected from unreasonable search or seizure. No 5th Amendment rights. No right to “due process” in an investigation of “high crimes and misdemeanors.” OMG. I wonder if Congressmen are protected by the Bill of Rights. I would like to see this go to the Supreme Court.

[antidemoncrat]

Sieg Heil Mein Fuhrer

[TalBlack]

Schiff is out of his mind. He’s gone full Soviet. No exaggeration.

[TalBlack]

I would like to see this go to the Supreme Court.”””

A country in which such an asinine thing would go to actually be adjudicated before the supreme court or ANY court is itself stupid or corrupt beyond redemption.

[jjotto]

Right. The scant case law indicates Congress can use any process it wants as long as there is an actual up or down vote in the whole of each chamber on binding action.