Thread by Attorney Lin Wood posted 28 minutes ago:
1/ If House fails to timely deliver impeachment articles to Senate, @realDonaldTrump must immediately seek writ of mandamus from U.S. Supreme Court, ordering articles to be delivered. Constitutional process of impeachment mandates due process to the impeached, the President.
2/ Not only does Constitution mandate due process be afforded to the accused, @realDonaldTrump, the dispute between Executive & Legislative branches of our gov’t must be resolved with certainty by Judicial branch.
3/ Supreme Court must act. Such action will not be for or against @realDonaldTrump, it will only be FOR the document that is sole basis for our existence as a country, US Constitution. The chaos created by this dispute between 2 branches of gov’t threatens foundation of country.
4/ Dispute over impeachment of @realDonaldTrump between 2 branches is legally ripe for Judicial branch resolution as it threatens harm to US Constitution that is irreparable if allowed to occur. The voice of the Supreme Law of our country must be heard & obeyed.
5/ It is Constitutional DUTY of US Supreme Court to immediately intervene in dispute between Legislative & Executive branches over impeachment process arising from articles passed today by House to impeach @realDonaldTrump. Articles issued must now be tried & resolved by Senate.
6/ US Constitution requires Executive Branch (President) to execute law, Legislative Branch (Congress) to pass law, & Judicial Branch (US Supreme Court) to interpret law. If US Supreme Court refuses to act, NO Constitutional Branch of our Country can perform its required duties.
7/ To be clear, I presently support re-election of @realDonaldTrump, but my statements in 1- 6 are not made out of bias or partisanship. They are based solely on the truth of the law of our land the US Constitution, not on party affiliation or political support.
8/ The issue is NOT how US Supreme could or should rule on dispute. The issue is that US Supreme Court has a Constitutional duty to rule. Our Constitution demands a resolution by US Supreme Court. Our country is founded & based on rule of law. Our supreme law is US Constitution.
9/ IF House does not deliver articles for trial in Senate & IF US Supreme Court does not act at this time, @USSenate must force issue over articles of impeachment of @realDonaldTrump by taking action on its own authority. The issue must be forced to a resolution without delay.
Someone else is “not sleeping”!
Good to know the constitutional scholars are on this!
“5/ It is Constitutional DUTY of US Supreme Court to immediately intervene in dispute between Legislative & Executive branches over impeachment process arising from articles passed today by House to impeach @realDonaldTrump. Articles issued must now be tried & resolved by Senate”
Thank you for posting that list. I’m glad to know the Dems can’t just sit on it in order to say he was never acquitted.
I would like your opinion. I keep reading another threads that McConnell should just declare him acquitted and not go to trial. But doesn’t he have the right to face his accusers? And to a speedy and public trial?
I’m thinking it would be better to get everything out in the open, that they have no evidence, who lied, who violated the law, and take everybody down that gets in the way. Republicans included. (Since Lindsey Graham seems to be dirty). It would be good to show that the Democrats are doing exactly what they accuse Trump of doing.
What do you think?
Impeachment is xtra ordinary. Nothing in the constitution dictates how it should be handled process-wise.
I think only #9 applies and that would trigger the RATs taking it to SCOTUS...which kills their reasoning that POTUS has been impeached.