Posted on 01/29/2020 8:47:07 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Senate Impeachment Trial LIVE - day 8
He blanked on “McSally.”
Then said, “That was terrifying!” as ppl chortled.
The question now is exactly what I was talking about. It’s not about whether or not witnesses will be called at all. Schiff wants to take away Senate as the Judicial review role.
MSNBC is claiming the reason Trump killed “Solimaeni”.... was to placate Bolton so he wont testify ...i kidd you not....they smell defeat...the fear is real.AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHA
Why would Rand Paul want to waste the off-time that should be used for Republican coordination with the President's legal team to instead pursue some personal pique that has no impact on the proceedings?
-PJ
Yep you nailed it. ...
Jay response was great.
A worst question contest! I nominate Pocahontas' "bribery" question for consideration
-PJ
Synemas question next...man, shes got a nice rack and doesnt mind showin em off...
Yeah stupid fake Indian. ...she wants to be President. ...lol. ..
She’s trying to influence Pierre Delecto...
What did Bernie ask? I missed it.
Pierre likes i bet.....
they are already talkin about how Trump”s gonna gloat....heh heh...you know hes got something planned...the possibilities are endless...
Don't ask me why.
-PJ
-PJ
9:24 p.m.
The contrasting views held by House impeachment managers and President Trump’s defense team on Chief Justice John Roberts’s role in the fight over witnesses came into sharp focus late Wednesday.
The two sides clashed over whether Roberts is authorized to rule on executive privilege, and if the Senate always has the power to overrule Roberts with a simple majority, or only under certain circumstances.
The Constitution appoints the chief justice to preside over presidential impeachment trials in the Senate. The rules that govern the arrangement between the Senate and Roberts say the presiding officer “may rule” on all questions of evidence.
However, the rules make clear that a single senator can appeal an evidentiary ruling, which would trigger a vote in the Senate, where a simple majority would overturn Roberts.
Patrick Philbin, deputy counsel to the president said that an assertion by Trump of executive privilege, the legal doctrine that shields certain presidential communications, is beyond Roberts’s power to rule.
“On the subpoenas at the front end, that’s not going to be something that’s determined, with all respect, sir, by the chief justice,” Philbin said, turning to Roberts. “That’s something that would have to be sorted out in the courts or by negotiation with the executive branch.”
Lead House manager Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) pushed back on that assertion.
“Is the chief justice empowered under the senate rules to adjudicate questions of witnesses and privilege? The answer is yes,” Schiff said. “Can the chief justice make those determinations quickly? The answer is yes.”
While the Senate rules say a majority of senators can overrule the presiding officer on evidentiary rulings, Schiff suggested that Senate power also yields to that authority in some cases. He added that certain challenges by the Senate would require a supermajority to override Roberts.
“Is the senate empowered to overturn the chief justice? Under certain circumstances,” he said. “Is the vote 50 or is the vote two-thirds? That would be something that we would have to discuss with the parliamentarian and chief justice.”
The trial debate over Roberts’s relative power in the witness fight mirrors a similar debate being waged by legal scholars in opinion pages and legal blogs.
Experts say prior Supreme Court decisions would offer scant guidance on resolving an assertion by Trump of executive privilege, and that, procedurally speaking, the Trump impeachment trial has entered uncharted waters.
The Bigger the Lie, the Bigger Schiffies eyes get.
From earlier. ..comment 1090
“””””””Dammit, I missed the question. What was it?””””””””
Bernie said that since President Trump haslied16,200 times how can we believe anything he says now.
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