At 9:30am tomorrow morning, on the Senate floor, I will speak about House Democrats’ precedent-breaking impeachment of the President of the United States.

Twitter ^ | December 18, 2019 | Sen. Mitch McConnell

[chrisser]

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: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. (Article I, section 3)

I'm curious if by "Judgement...shall not extend further..." means that removal from office etc is the maximum judgement, or the only judgement, if found guilty. If the former, then would it be possible for the Senate to find Trump guilty, but then not punish him or give an insignificant punishment (like censure)?

[CottonBall]

“You shall know them by their works.”

Absolutely. The hate and irrationality coming from the left is pure evil.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

Yeah, I think there a lot of Senators that don’t want to be dragged in as pawns in the battle between Pelosi and Trump. Once again, Democrats overplayed their hand.

[Cboldt]

That's a good question. Generally speaking, this clause aims to limit the remedy or punishment that the Senate can impose, and this limit is a separation of power deference to the judicial power.

Say POTUS committed murder, and was impeached for that. The only thing the Senate cn impose is get him pout of office and disaqualify him from holding federel office. Any punishment for the crime of murder would be handled by indictment, and eventual presentation of indictment and trial in a court.

But what if the impeachment article is thin? Can the senate convict and then impose a "no punishment" remedy?

I suppose it could. It could also just nullify the impeachment by voting to acquit.

I can't imagine 67 Senators voting "guilty" on these articles. The language of the accusations is incendiary. Look below for the basis of the conclusion, and the accusation is nonsense.

[SueRae]

cute. remember this photo....

[milagro]

Fox and Friends just talked about this. Said the tweet was deleted, but still lives on in Twitterworld!

[novemberslady]

Bttt

[MarMema]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_p5X4aH2h9M

[MarMema]

Good reminder...we’re in a fishbowl. Easy to forget.

[MarMema]

Freezers don’t post wacompost here anymore. Thanks

[MarMema]

Lol. Freepers. Not freezers

[StAnDeliver]

Turtle throwing down.

[StAnDeliver]

“An act that Congress does not even allege is criminal, and that an exercise of Presidential power is a criminal offense ... the thinnest, the weakest ... candidly, I don’t think I’m the only person around here who realizes that ... Democrats signaled uneasiness with their product ... Minority Leader went on tv to demand the Senate ... redo Schiff’s sloppy work. House Democrats have rushed forward with a case that is much too weak ... “

[StAnDeliver]

“The case is not compelling, and thus, not bi-partisan ... Pelosi suggested House Democrats may be too afraid to transmit their shoddy work product to the Senate ... cold feet ... second-guessing that they want to go to trial ... this is really comical ... Democrat’s own actions concede their actions are unproven ... and the Articles are incoherent ... We could easily see impeachment of every . future . President.”

[kosciusko51]

“Shoddy work product ... incoherent ... create new rules for this President ...”

[workerbee]

C’mon, Mitch, let’s hear you END IT.

[StAnDeliver]

"The institutional damage will remain ... The House has created an unfair, unfinished product that looks nothing like impeachment in history ... that mess will be dumped over here in the Senate's lap ... if we (the Senate) say that this is enough, then we offer an endless parade of impeachment trials ... toss up a jump ball every time they feel angry ... Future Houses would have unbelievable power to paralyze the Senate ... "

[StAnDeliver]

“Presidential impeachments ... become a constant part of the political background noise ... this extraordinary tool of last resort ... no much partisan animosity ... cheapening the impeachment process was not the answer ... So many who profess such concern for our norms ... proved willing to trample Constitutional order”

[Magnum44]

Anyone have a live link to this?

[workerbee]

C-SPAN