Posted on 11/23/2019 5:25:53 AM PST by Scooter100
As an anti Republican, you overlook one very important fact.
Republicans support the President.
The House changed the rules for their hearing specifically to prevent the GOP from calling or interrogating witnesses, and also instituted the secret proceedings, something never done before and something that would be blatantly unconstitutional in a real legal proceeding.
So yes, both Houses can make their own rules, and the GOP could theoretically do the same in the Senate. But they won’t, so we shall see.
He’s not gonna be impeached. Everyone needs to lighten up. This is nothing more than show.
Please resolve the obvious questions:
<>No agreement, then no hearing
<>Simple vote to change the rules
“So, what happens when the left storms the personal properties”
Shoot them in the head, like one would do with any feral animal.
I don’t know if it’s lack of backbone, or maybe skeletons in the closet, but I just don’t trust McConnell.
“A simple senate majority could change any rules, but you know they won’t in favor of Trump”
Here’s an idea, the Senate can make it’s own rules.
The Senate should just adopt the Schitt rules from the “house impeachment inquiry”.
How could Democrats object?
I think that only applies to conventional hearings, which is much of the reason we don’t hear much out of the Senate.
For impeachment, new ballgame, Trump’s team calls the witnesses and no one can block that.
My sense is that Senate will have to be very flexible in allowing witnesses to testify. The reason is that this is not the 19th century, or even the 20th century, anymore. There is a serious risk that the Senate would hold a “trial” with no witnesses ... while the President and dozens of real witnesses are all over Twitter and cable/internet media presenting a very formidable defense. At some point the Senate trial — and by extension the Senate itself — would become a farce to anyone except the most pathological Trump haters.
That’s what I was looking for. Thanks!
Exactly!!.......”The Deep State” is bigger then any 1 party....the loyal opposition, (whichever party it may be at any given time,) are fed from the same money though and must be in order to get re-elected......which becomes EVERY Politicians goal,....
The Impeachment of Donald J...thousands of times more interesting than The Trial (Kafka) of Joseph K. Take notes. TAKE NAMES.
Exactly right.
I think the “Two Party System” in this country should be more correctly named “Us and Them”.
It's a losing proposition for dems.
No agreement, no trial, process over.
No damned problem anywhere in the procedure.
No campaign trail talking point how Republicans blocked the “truth” of Trump’s crimes will be granted to Dems with no Senate trial.
A case will show the full defense by President Trump.
Graham and McConnell are going to expose the damn lot of them.
Start liking it.
Agree 100%. Republicans have an uncanny ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. That’s the nicest thing I can say about them.
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