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What if the House doesn’t send the impeachment articles to the Senate? Idea championed by Harvard Law’s Laurence Tribe garners attention
Boston Globe ^ | 12/19/2019 | Mike DeBonis

Posted on 12/19/2019 1:50:58 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 12/19/2019 1:50:58 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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I don’t remember Tribe complaining about the Clinton impeachment trial in the Senate.


2 posted on 12/19/2019 1:53:01 PM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: SeekAndFind

The Senate makes their own rules and may decide to dismiss the issue with cause.

No impeachment for you, come back one year.
Which would of course be after the elections.


3 posted on 12/19/2019 1:53:40 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: SeekAndFind

There’s no “agreement” to be had, you entitled clueless dumbasses.

Either send it to the Senate or don’t.


4 posted on 12/19/2019 1:53:55 PM PST by StoneRainbow68
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To: SeekAndFind

Or the senate can just vote right away and give Nancy the finger.


5 posted on 12/19/2019 1:53:59 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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Democrats want Trump CONVICTED and REMOVED.

Any one who doesn’t understand what they’re after, hasn’t been paying attention.


6 posted on 12/19/2019 1:54:02 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SeekAndFind

More evidence, as if any were needed, that this entire thing a partisan political ploy.


7 posted on 12/19/2019 1:54:14 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Democrats....

“We’re all going to pretend that we just didn’t screw ourselves royally and hope nobody notices.”


8 posted on 12/19/2019 1:55:19 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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In a Washington Post op-ed, he wrote that “the public has a right to observe a meaningful trial rather than simply learn that the result is a verdict of not guilty.”

Whatever happened to the presumption of innocent until proved guilty????

9 posted on 12/19/2019 1:55:42 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Can the official Senate response be, “Bite me”? Just wondering...


10 posted on 12/19/2019 1:56:04 PM PST by Libloather (CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE!)
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To: SeekAndFind

In a trial, the court (McConnell) sets a date and time. If the plaintiff doesn’t show, too bad. Case dismissed.


11 posted on 12/19/2019 1:57:03 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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This is a great example of why Tribe would have been a terrible appointment to the Supreme Court. He's not only a lefty, but he's not very smart, either.

McConnell holds all the cards here. He can just do nothing, and blame Pelosi for not even sending over the articles that they rushed through. Or, after giving a warning, he can declare that the Senate will act on the articles as approved anyway, and dismiss them or declare an acquittal.

Thing is...there's not a damn thing Tribe or Pelosi can do to stop him, and his actions cannot be challenged in court.

12 posted on 12/19/2019 1:57:06 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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Sentence first, verdict afterwards. Straight out of the Looking Glass.


13 posted on 12/19/2019 1:57:20 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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-—“the public has a right to observe a meaningful trial rather than simply learn that the result is a verdict of not guilty.”——

This clown’s opinion of what he imagines the public has a right to, doesn’t trump the Constitution.


14 posted on 12/19/2019 1:57:28 PM PST by StoneRainbow68
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To: SeekAndFind

But apparently Trump didn’t deserve an investigation that was meaningful...


15 posted on 12/19/2019 1:57:31 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump didnÂ’t want an AG, he wanted a consigliere.)
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RE: This is a great example of why Tribe would have been a terrible appointment to the Supreme Court.

We can all be thankful that he is 78 years old and close to retirement. SCOTUS material he is not.


16 posted on 12/19/2019 1:58:13 PM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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Pretty sure the Federalist posted 6 reasons why this strategy is a non-starter.


17 posted on 12/19/2019 1:58:37 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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Oh, NOW they’re interested in fairness and equal access to witnesses, when they don’t control things. Typical, two-faced Dems.

McConnell should indicate that since the impeachment vote on 2 counts is public knowledge, the Senate will begin hearings tomorrow morning, and if the House wants to have any say in things, they had best send someone over quickly. F’em!


18 posted on 12/19/2019 1:59:03 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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The proper response to this is “go f*** yourselves. send it or don’t sent and then go f*** yourselves again”.


19 posted on 12/19/2019 2:00:55 PM PST by glorgau
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“And if no agreement is reached, some have argued, the trial could be delayed indefinitely, denying Trump an expected acquittal. “

The prosecutor managed to indict his ham sandwich.

But he declines to take it to court, knowing it will fail miserably.

He doesn’t even file the indictment with the court.

Has anyone been indicted?

Most 5th graders can answer this.


20 posted on 12/19/2019 2:00:59 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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