Posted on 10/03/2019 6:28:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
To mimic a Shakespearean quote’ to impeach or not to impeach. That is the question’.
There is no requirement under the Constitution, House Rules or House PRECEDENT that the whole House vote before proceeding with an impeachment inquiry.”
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In order to impeach, the congress must vote for it. An impeachment “inquiry” is simply a way for the fake news media to create interest in a fake whistleblowers, fake charge, over a non-impeachable, non high crime and mis demeanor. No vote, no impeachment. Pelosi and the democrat leadership will never let this come to a vote because their stupid leftist zealots would fall for it hook line and sinker and gleefully destroy themselves by voting to impeach.
The impeached President would then play PT Barnum in the senate circus trial and in front of 100 million riveted voters he would destroy this bogus baloney and eviscerate Biden, Obama, Hillary, Lynch, Comey et al in a public hanging as they all would be subpoenaed to testify under oath. This will never happen.
In fact this “inquiry” is an attempt to insure that when Durham starts handing out indictments like M&M’s the media will be able to say the Trump administration is obstructing justice to prevent his removal from office and the indictments are bogus.
Sounds like AlGore’s “no controlling legal authority” to me.
“We’ve got to impeach him to find out what crime he has committed, ....away from the fog. ..”
Hey it worked for 0bastardCare. Why not this?
If any republicants had any balls, they should just leave Shitts committee and let them go solo. Undermined Pelosi’s power right there and then and let’s see what they do?
Is this the first time Nutty Nancy ever cited the Constitution?
Good point.
You know I haven’t heard about anything constructive coming from the Senate in weeks now. Zip, nada.
That’s right. Just like he never took up Garland.
Don’t hold back. Go ahead and tell us how you really feel. LOL! (BTW, you’re correct about everything.)
It’s kind of the law
“he said the constitution requires him to accept a impeachment decision from the house.”
Mark Levin said that’s not true. Senate can ignore it.
The Constitution offers no guidance on this. House rules and precedent might. This can easily be searched. Even though there have been only two POTUS impeachments there have been impeachments of federal officers and judges, including that of a current member of the House when he was impeached as a federal judge. If these impeachments were started by a vote of the full House that would certainly be precedent.
Pelosi is stuck. She is hoping she can quietly pull the plug on this all.
I don’t think Trump will let her.
time to go scorched earth
Theory: She’s pushing for the Republican members to file a lawsuit, get an injunction to stop or force a vote. That way she’s off the hook.
Just a theory...
You made a very observant point. If the House refuses to vote on opening an impeachment investigation, then the Trump administration should ignore any and all requests and subpoenas and demands to appear before Congress regarding impeachment.
And they don't have any crime(s).
Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 says the Senate "has the sole Power to try all Impeachments." This strongly suggests that the Senate is to hold a trial if the House votes to impeach. However, the Supreme Court ruled in Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224, (1993) that how the Senate tries an impeachment is a "political question," meaning its solely up to the Senate to decide how to hold the trial (except for express Constitutional commands).
The Senate Republicans could decide to hold a one-day trial, followed by a vote on the article(s) of impeachment and there would be nothing the Senate Democrats could do about it.
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