Impeachment Article I on its way to adoption, Article II pending

[toreyj01]

@Paul_Thomson

Interesting point. Does anyone want to refute it?

It makes sense that if the House abuses it’s power in order to slander the President for a perceived electoral advantage, the president could appeal to the Senate as the higher court to overturn the House’s impeachment decision, much like appealing lower court rulings and sentencing in legal cases.

That is not how it works, unfortunately for the President. The House acts as the Prosecutor, the Defendant is the President and the Senate the Jury.

The Defendant cannot ask the Jury to throw away indictments before the jury has even been called up.

[toreyj01]

@WuWei

@toreyj01

@WuWei

@toreyj01

@WuWei

@toreyj01

@SixFoot

Wait, so the Articles are proceeding or they’re not? Which is it?

I suspect not, not until Pelosi gets what she wants.

She’s not the Queen.

No, she is the third most powerful politician in Washington and she is acting like it.

Like it or not, she has got game and she knows what she is doing.

Looks like she’s the first. So Queen.

Conservatives should be happy about this, right?

I mean, if she doesn’t transmit then the whole trial never happens, that is a good thing, right?

She can just put the articles in abeyance, no big deal. It just hurts Democrats. The GOP is the big winner here.

Right?

Or not?

I want him impeached (which I got last night) and gone. Which I’m not getting.

Why should a President who committed high crimes and misdemeanors be allowed to stay in office? Who knows what other abuses of power and obstructions he will commit.

She needs to do her Constitutional oath.

She is doing them very well, from what I see.

I am reminded of the movie “The Untouchables”. Capone is on trial and he is happy as a clam because he has bought off the entire jury. No matter who they bring up to testify against him he never blinks because his exoneration is already guaranteed. Until this happens…

The Untouchables - Bailiff Switch The Juries - HD

Here endeth the lesson, a great line from that movie.

[WuWei]

@toreyj01

She is doing them very well, from what I see.

Is she? By not following the Constitutional process?

[toreyj01]

@WuWei

@toreyj01

She is doing them very well, from what I see.

Is she? By not following the Constitutional process?

There are no guidelines as to when to transmit, Sneaky. It is fully within her Constitutional right to have an abeyance. Any prosecutor has that right.

[SixFoot]

Any precedence?

[WuWei]

@toreyj01

@WuWei

@toreyj01

She is doing them very well, from what I see.

Is she? By not following the Constitutional process?

There are no guidelines as to when to transmit, Sneaky. It is fully within her Constitutional right to have an abeyance. Any prosecutor has that right.

I didn’t say anything about guidelines, torey. I said process. January 6th will be soon enough.

[CanadianJudo]

@Paul_Thomson

@WuWei

No, he still won’t be their President. He owes them nothing. They are NPC.

The Brits have come down with a mutated TDS virus called JDS. They are having tantrums in the streets also crying that Johnson is not their PM, even after his landslide democratic win against the loony left.

You are right. The loony left will never let go of their psychosis, and will continue to deny reality.

PM are not elected, they are appointed.
only 25,000 people in UK voted for Johnson.

[Hexenbiest]

There is evidence showing that people are wanting to move past this stuff. Trump has seen a bounce from this even if only a nudge. I am not sure if it’s a political wise idea to just keep this thing lingering forever.

[GWH]

I think it’s great in terms of that bump becoming a groundswell.

[PurpnGold]

@toreyj01

Why not do the court thing now? Make sure all of the proposed witnesses can testify and take it all the way to the SCOTUS before transmitting.

That is also an option as well…

[Camp]

You know what…You have convinced me.

This is a pretty clever move.

I think Trump could well crack at this ingenious development.

[DougBH]

@toreyj01

Then she will just hold them as a “Trump card” for the elections.

It’s a smart play.

She has declared the President to be a criminal and the head of the Senate to be a rogue leader. Gee…that just leaves Nancy as the adult to run the country.

[DougBH]

Hmmmm….is sitting on articles of impeachment that have been voted on “obstruction of justice”?

[Camp]

I am beginning to think she is.

She is much smarter than the people.

She is toying with Trump for her own bemusement.

[DougBH]

@toreyj01

There are no guidelines as to when to transmit, Sneaky. It is fully within her Constitutional right to have an abeyance. Any prosecutor has that right.

If the President is impeached, it is now the Senates job to take over. There is nothing in the Constitution requiring any sort of transmittal from the House, once an impeachment is approved.

[PurpnGold]

@DougBH

Hmmmm….is sitting on articles of impeachment that have been voted on “obstruction of justice”?

Maybe…

Is the Jury colluding with the Defendant obstruction of justice?

[Camp]

It looks like they are mocking the process AND their philosophical foes by doing this.

I feel like I just watched someone shoot themselves in the foot and I have NO desire to help.

[Snow96]

@toreyj01

The Defendant cannot ask the Jury to throw away indictments before the jury has even been called up.

Sure they can. They ask the judge for a directed virdict in the case.

[Snow96]

@toreyj01

There are no guidelines as to when to transmit, Sneaky. It is fully within her Constitutional right to have an abeyance. Any prosecutor has that right.

Right to a speedy trial.

hmmmm

[PurpnGold]

@Snow96

Right to a speedy trial.

hmmmm

Define speedy?