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To: Snowybear

The new Congress started January 3rd. It is just a shift in power in the Senate with a different vice-president as the tie breaker. The question is if they can convict someone who is no longer in office.


2,973 posted on 01/19/2021 7:54:17 PM PST by mongrel
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To: mongrel

From what I’ve read it’s not a settled question. I do not believe the Senate can convict. And because they broke several rules doing it it will not stand before the SCOTUS, which even with Roberts being a douche canoe is still at 5-4.

-SB


2,979 posted on 01/19/2021 8:02:13 PM PST by Snowybear ( )
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To: mongrel

The question is if they can convict someone who is no longer in office.
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the question is if they can convict someone who REMAINS in office


3,064 posted on 01/19/2021 9:03:25 PM PST by bitt (Joe Biden has managed to take everything that is wrong with DC bureacracy and fit it into 1 cabinet)
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