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To: Cboldt
A tribunal doesn't start until it has been presented a case. The senate is the tribunal. It has not been presented a case. The house resolved to exhibit the articles to the senate, but it hasn't done that yet.

There is no Constitutional requirement that the House formally present the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate; only that the person shall be impeached. This the House did with the adoption of H.R. 755 which reads:

Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:…
The House has given public notice the President Trump has been impeached. The Senate is thus free to schedule a trial. If the House does not follow-up by sending Managers and exhibiting the Articles of Impeachment, then the Senate could dismiss the impeachment on the basis of the House's failure to present its case, just as a judge could dismiss a case if a prosecutor failed to show up for a scheduled trial. The Senate has complete freedom to establish its own rules for the trial.
13 posted on 12/20/2019 5:48:03 AM PST by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius

I’m not going to argue with you. We disagree.


15 posted on 12/20/2019 5:58:38 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Petrosius

There is no Constitutional requirement that the House give public notice of peach mint


37 posted on 12/20/2019 9:17:16 AM PST by stylin19a ((2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever))
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