Posted on 09/29/2019 10:04:26 PM PDT by rintintin
The Republican leadership issued a memo Saturday clarifying that the Senate must take action if the House of Representatives approves articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The statement came in response to concerns that the Senate could simply refuse to hold a trial.
“There is no way we could somehow bar the doors and prevent the managers from presenting the articles to the Senate,” stated the memo, which was obtained by HuffPost. “The rules of impeachment are clear on this point.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also said as much in a March interview with NPR: “If it [impeachment] were to happen, the Senate has no choice. If the House were to act, the Senate immediately goes into a trial.”
(Excerpt) Read more at huffpost.com ...
McConnell has said he'd vote to fill any vacancy on the Supreme Court. Whether an impeachment trial would change that remains to be seen.
BTW, how is Buzzy doing?
Alive and kicking.
But Roberts being Roberts he won't. He'll let the Senate vote on it.
Depends on what he's doing. If it's Constitutional then the military will be behind the President. If it's not Constitutional then they won't.
Huffpost breathlessly reports what everyone already knew.
Anyone who believes otherwise is in their won dream world.
Before pissing everyone off here, at least quote the article accurately as to the relevant points. The article also states: “McConnell could call a vote on a motion to dismiss, which would effectively amount to a vote to acquit Trump of wrongdoing.”
Takes 67 votes to remove. Even if all those vote to impeach, and it wouldn’t surprise me if they did, the Democrats still need 15 more.
They want to be players, but they are headed for such an insignificant minority that the democrats will toss them a quarter for a shoe shine when they see them in the halls of Congress.
Well, change the rules Mitch.
>Interesting. So why then did House Dems rain subpoenas on the Trump admin last week?
>You seem to be ignoring the political reality here. It’s the Dems doing all the investigation. The GOP, to quote another FReeper, is in a coma right now.
Yes, it’s oversight issuing all the subpoenas and Pelosi setting several “councils” for investigation of other issues. However, no one is actually voting for impeachment. An impeachment inquiry is simply confining all investigatory power to the House when the Constitution designates it for the Senate after the House votes for impeachment.
No matter how it plays out it will be a circus with unsubstantiated allegations yelled at the top of their lungs.
the actual, for real “whistleblower” in this whole circumstance is the President and this retributive show trial being orchestrated in the House is about Federal retribution upon a whistleblower (President Trump) for having shone the light of day upon their treasonous, seditious conniving
“Yeah, the House has avoided a vote even on an Impeachment inquiry.”
And all our domestic enemies have called it an impeachment inquiry.
POTUS calling himself the real whistleblower is a great turn of phrase and will no doubt enrage the Uniparty/Deep State. Ha ha.
I think Trump would welcome a trial.
That would be his opportunity to declassify EVERYTHIGN and put it out there for America to see.
are you f’n serious? The destruction of this republic is really not light entertainment.
The Senate cannot stop the House from delivering Articles of Impeachment.
The House cannot stop the Senate, after the Articles are read, from immediately having a vote, and voting “not guilty”.
If McConnell can keep the R’s together, then he will set the rules.
He could get the Senate to vote for unlimited discovery.
Unless the conservative voice speaks up this could happen.
“If a Senate trial happens, get the popcorn. Discovery will be FUN to watch.”
Nobody who’s been paying attention for the last two years believes that “they” will turn over everything in Discovery. They’ll hold back anything they like, and nobody will know the difference.
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