“If they do not have enough votes to convict, acquittal is automatic.”
Wonderful. Then why have I been worried the last few days?! I will breathe easy now.
The vote taken on each impeachment article will be: Guilty or Not Guilty.
The President will be found not guilty on both.
And those brilliant men who were our Founding Fathers chose the 2/3 super majority for just that reason, to make removal very difficult at best. As a liberal history professor said when I was in college, the Founding Fathers were our nations’ greatest generation (no disrespect to the WW2 generation intended). IMO she is correct.