Senate as Impeachment Court Should Not Be Senate as Usual

By artappraiser on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 12:20am |

A must read on the meaning of the Senate reconstituting itself as an impeachment jury by the fine political scientist Jeffrey Tulis: “The Oath taken in an impeachment trial is different. It is a juror’s oath and a judge’s oath—not a legislator’s oath.” https://t.co/VclVRHlyfK
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 11, 2019

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https://thebulwark.com/the-senate-as-an-impeachment-court-should-not-be-the-senate-as-usual/

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so as in most trials the juries coordinates with the defense https://t.co/p10fuWcyww
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 13, 2019

Suffice it to say he's not exactly looking to follow in Barry Goldwater's footsteps.

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 9:32pm

It's because they know they can get done a lot of things they want to do with an idiot in front of the curtain that doesn't have a clue but is popular with the base?

Not in our piece, but the takeaway from conversations with a number of WH officials, outside advisers and senior Republicans this week was how many people around Trump take advantage of how much he doesn't know about how DC works/processes work https://t.co/0Peb9gp1zP
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 13, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 9:47pm

what Maggie think Mitch means by what he said:

(Narrator: they want WH to come around to a short trial). https://t.co/Uaf57S6Rm7
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 13, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 9:59pm

8 Benghazi hearings but Impeachment? Sorry, no time for witnesses or evidence. Though we could call Hillary and Hunter Biden.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 12/13/2019 - 7:48am

Bill Weld: As many as six GOP senators privately support convicting Trump

@ TheHIll.com, Dec. 12

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/13/2019 - 2:33am

Senate as Impeachment Court Should Not Be Senate as Usual

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