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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told fellow GOP senators via email Saturday morning that he will vote to acquit President Trump when his impeachment trial comes to a vote.

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led U.S. Senate is expected to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the end of his impeachment trial on charges that he abused his power in dealings with Ukraine and obstructed efforts to uncover the alleged misconduct. Here is a summary of the reasons that Trump's Republicans, who control 53 seats in the 100-seat chamber, say he should not be removed from office: * Trump did nothing wrong * Trump's actions were wrong, but not impeachable * Removal of Trump would upset voters * Not enough evidence * Let the voters decide

Shifty Schiff gave short shrift to his unconstitutional/unauthorized 'impeachment inquiry' (not to mention that he totally deprived the accused his constitutionally guaranteed due process rights) and he brought his incomplete case to the senate (ie, the jury) and expects the senate now to re-open discovery and bring new witnesses and new documents to make HIS case. No thank you! You presented your case to the jury and failed to convince them. You lost. Sit down and shut up! Your time is up. The senate should vote tonight and end this farce without giving the media any more time for jury...

Just after President Trump’s defense lawyers ended arguments in their Senate trial Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California became the first Democrat to suggest that she could vote to acquit him, despite serious concerns about his character. “Nine months left to go, the people should judge. We are a republic, we are based on the will of the people — the people should judge,” Feinstein said Tuesday, after the president’s team finished a three-day presentation in his defense. “That was my view and it still is my view.” Still, she indicated that arguments in the trial about Trump’s character and...

Here’s How Black People Could Use Jury Nullification To Break The Justice System By Elie Mystal Dec 7, 2016 at 1:26 PM frican-Americans live in a world where the police can murder us and get away with it. Walter Scott proved that, for anybody who still had a lingering doubt. There is no justice for black people. And yet violently revolting against the system will get us nowhere. Maybe it’s time for black people to use the same tool white people have been using to defy a system they do not consent to: jury nullification. White juries regularly refuse to...

Despite their plea to be tried outside of Houston, a federal judge ruled today that the fate and future freedom of ex-Enron chieftains Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling will be put in the hands of a Houston-area jury. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake found that the two former top executives and their chief accounting officer, Richard Causey, all accused of multiple counts of fraud and other felonies, could indeed find a fair jury among the citizens of Harris County and 13 adjacent counties. "Although news coverage about Enron's collapse, this case, and these defendants has been extensive, the court is...

I need help finding a funny post I saw the other day. I did a search for it, and came up with nothing. The post was about a Johnny Cochran character on Southpark. The transcript was in the post. It went something like "If it doesn't make sense, then you must acquit!" "Why would a bunch of 7 ft ewoks walk around mars with a bunch of 12 ft iwomigas" "If it doesn't make sense, then you must acquit!"