Posted on 01/26/2021 9:47:34 PM PST by kathsua
The Constitution clearly defines impeachment as a procedure for removing individuals from federal office. "Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States" Obviously the person must hold a government office at the time of the trial or the removal question is moot The Senate cannot remove a the person from an office the person doesn't hold. Nothing in the impeachment provision authorizes the Senate to try private citizens even those who once held government office. Our system of government is based on the concept that government generally can only do what it is authorized to do.
Many laws have a statute of limitations which require a prosecutor to prosecute a defendant within a specific time period after the crime or forfeit prosecution. The statute of limitations for impeachment cases isn't a specific time period. The statute of limitations for impeachment cases expires if the office holder's term expires or if the office holder resigns or is fired by a supervisor. The Senate's failure to try Donald Trump before he left office allowed the statute of limitations to run out with the Senate forfeiting the option of trying Donald Trump.
All the dems and 5 republicans don;t care..Give them Barabbas and destroy Trump
I think it is unconstitutional.
If Trump agrees, why is he not forcing the issue in court. ‘Tis a mystery, at least for me. This should be a slam dunk.
Republicans should fight it on those grounds not on the basis of “Trump did this or Trump did that.”
The process was conducted illegally in the House and will be illegal and unConstitutional in the Senate.
If Trump agrees, why is he not forcing the issue in court.
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Trump knows they are going to do it, and he knows he won’t be convicted. Maybe he wants to tell his story and reveal some evidence.
Call as defense witnesses all those folks who provided affidavits alleging election fraud; that ought to keep the Senate busy until the next election, and help minimize any legistalve harm they’re busy planning.
Since when does the constitution or rule of law EVER stop these mofos? Their VP and a past POTUS was ineligible constitutionally to hold these offices. So...?
Fear the party that treats the Constitution like some workplace inconvenience.
We keep hearing and reading that- but here they go nonetheless-
Maybe he wants to tell his story and reveal some evidence.
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That is a possibility. But I really question whether the Dems will allow any damaging evidence to be admitted. They have worked hard to suppress it so far and I don’t see why they would reverse course particularly when the chances of conviction are nil.
Like my wife continuously reminds me: “I don’t trust them. They have something up their sleeve.”
Since when is our federal government actually following the Constitution?
There’s no way in hell that the Dems would let Trump testify on his own behalf at his Senate trial even if he wanted to. Sure, depriving the accused of the right to proclaim his innocence goes against every sort of notion of a fair trial, but they don’t give a crap. They and their GOP lackeys like Mittens Romney are out for blood.
Nonetheless, my dream is for President Trump to come to the trial and deliver a speech along the lines of Al Pacino’s “this is such a crock of s—t” speech in Scent of a Woman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd10x8LiuBc
So why even show up? Why not just stay at home and watch it on TV instead of participating in it? Or why not protest that it’s being staged as though it’s normal procedure? Why go along with it at all?
Yes.
And nor or.
They are an illegitimate body.
They know it and are acting accordingly.
In the first hour, the Trump lawyer will turn to Leahy and ask how he is impartial, if he voted in the last impeachment. Leahy will freeze....have some shakes, and have some health emergency that starts up. Whole thing might end on day one.
Senate vote looks locked. I want the idiot Dims to publicize this, let’s get Trump and the stolen vote up on the stand, placing evidence of liberal fraud front and center.
We have a president who cheated his way into office, so WTF is the point here?
I agree. Th8ey are acting just like guilty people do
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