Well, they could just “deem” it to have passed. I suppose we need Eric Ciaramella to tell us what he thinks.
What gives the Senate constitutional standing to issue a directed verdict and end this thing without any trial since the impeachment process was bogus and unconstitutional?What legal step is required to give the Senate jurisdiction in this matter so they can dismiss? - Jim W N
Well, they could just “deem” it to have passed.The Senate doesn’t even have to do a thing. So anything it does do is dispositive. They can and IMHO should simply pass a “sense of the Senate” that Article I and Article II as reported (but not submitted by Nancy) are BS and not impeachable if true. Then Nancy can do what she wants - and so can the Senate in response.This is complicated by the RINOs we have in the Senate, of course. But Article II is an utter embarrassment since it claims that Trump has no right to take the House’s subpoena to court - and did so after SCOTUS had already granted cert, putting SCOTUS on record that Trump had a colorable argument.