Leahy, not Roberts, to preside over impeachment trial
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and Constitutionality... but we know how they've always felt about that.
When I explained all of this last night, even to the "practicing law for 25 years" account, a bunch of people didn't like the info I posted by referencing both SCOTUS blog and Senate impeachment rules. Some even hit "minus" button while, very obviously, not paying attention to what I posted nor making an attempt at reading Senate impeachment rules, nor SCOTUS blog I provided a link to.
Its all a kabuki theater right now. Per SCOTUS blog (repeating what I posted last night) it is absolutely irrelevant who presides since that person has absolutely no input into proceedings, just an observing part and nothing else. The ONLY thing that is relevant is the final vote, one per senator, with 67+ required to convict.
Right now there are only 5 GOPe critters I can count that will vote against Trump, and this includes McConnell for good measure, leaving Chucky and McConnell well short of the required number. So, I have no idea why they are proceeding, but then libtards had no votes to proceed last time and still moved to trial.
What if McConnell has been given a deal and his "going along" with an impeachment trial was to draw more swamp out? By deal, his malfeasance might not be made public, he's allowed to resign over health reasons but is not prosecuted. Just a thought.
That’s fine I guess, as long as they seize every penny of his ill gotten money too. I’m not okay with letting them slink off quietly into the night while still being millionaires. Let the family keep the “good name” but the last thing this country needs is yet another generation of silver spoon shitheads living off inheritance.
No argument there. His wife Chao (if I remember right) has family ties going back to Chiang Kai-shek era so there is a whole other angle to things. That being White Dragon (Koumintang) vs. Red Dragon (CCP), billions in Japanese WW2 gold stolen from 1930s China the White Dragons in Taiwan may now control, Myannmar puppet regime, a lot to unpack. Makes me wonder if Neal Stephenson didn't have an inner track on things 20 years ago -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon
Could be. With all the shenanigans going on for months now I am not sure what to think anymore. On the one hand we saw McConnell so easily go against Trump. Now I see him fighting Chucky over giving up nuclear option going forward. And McConnell seems eager to get to trial, pointing out that you may be right and he's just playing a role knowing full well there are no GOPe votes to convict Trump, all the while egging Chucky and rats on to get this over with. Not only will Trump be the first POTUS to stand 2 impeachment trials, one even as a civilian now (which is more than dicey under the Constitution from what I read), but first POTUS not to be convicted in the process.
I am still trying to understand what it is that Chucky is trying to achieve when he doesn't know there are no GOPe votes there. Unless, and again, as you say, McConnell somehow has convinced Chucky that he'll whip enough GOPe votes in due time. While GOPe resolve seems to be growing by day.
Like I said, I call kabuki theater right now with difficult to read tea leaves. None of it makes any sense. For any normie, that is.