It-IS-A-Bill-OF-Attainder.
You understand that? It-IS-A-Bill-OF-Attainder
Not only is it an attempt by the democraps to pass an unconstitutional bill of attainder against President Trump, but it is also based entirely on the pretext of punishing President Trump for speech that was clearly protected under the First Amendment.
I would like to see President Trump file suit in a carefully selected conservative district court in a conservative federal circuit (most likely the 5th) seeing to enjoin the Senate from proceeding with the democraps' show trial based on these Constitutional grounds.
from a lawyer here who has some expertise in the Senate side of the law
To: kaehurowing
No bill of attainder involved. Congress is empowered to impeach without involvement of a court. The narrow definition of “attainder” is legislature actinng without a court. By that definition, all impeachment would be bill of attainder. Impeachment is “okay” cause the penalty is limited and the penalty is not criminal.
No ex post facto violation. There is an issue about whether or not the alleged offience is impeachable, but that standard is up to Congress. What constitutes impeachable has no grounding in principle, other than purely academic arguments on both sides.
23 posted on 1/21/2021, 5:45:51 PM by Cboldt
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