[Rockingham]

The Senate does not have rules in forces as to impeachment, but it adopts such rules as necessary based on precedent, current circumstances, constitutional requirements, and the need for good order.

In practice, if Trump is impeached, the Senate will take the rules adopted as to Clinton and Nixon and federal judicial removals and then follow them more or less intact. Those precedents require the Senators to attend the impeachment proceeding in person and to vote by roll call on issues of law and fact and on the ultimate decision to remove or acquit.

I believe that the Senate can also dismiss the impeachment charge through an abbreviated proceeding, as was done with the Clinton impeachment.

[Starboard]

I believe that the Senate can also dismiss the impeachment charge through an abbreviated proceeding, as was done with the Clinton impeachment.

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You may be right but I doubt any proceedings would be abbreviated. The lure of cameras and high political theater trumps all in DC. They will want to maximize their exposure given such a golden opportunity to become a household name.

Its not about doing the right thing for the country. Its about doing the right thing for their careers.