To: Southbound
“the Senate refused to carry through with the trial; there was NO Not Guilty verdict. There was no verdict because there was no trial. Pity.”
There was a trial, presided over by Chief Justice Rehnquist and not guilty votes were delivered by the Senate on all articles.
It’s not like any of that is ancient history.
To: shadowland
You're right......My bad. There was a trial and there were votes Not to Convict on two articles of impeachment. There were, I think, a couple of other articles that were not voted on, but my point was he WAS impeached. The trial by the Senate is a separate thing deriving from the House vote to impeach. Still a disgrace, IMHO. My memory gets hazy past ten minutes or so.
78 posted on
05/01/2010 12:17:10 AM PDT by
Southbound
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