With Clinton the Senate held the trial and the impeachment was not successful; today they are refusing to hold the impeachment proceeding. The equivalent in criminal justice would be the D.A. bringing a case to court and the court refusing to hear it, as opposed to hearing the case and rendering a verdict whichever way it goes
It was a 50-50 tie vote in the Senate, but you need two thirds to convict. There was virtually a nationwide blackout on the news during this time. I was on the road at the time and couldn’t get any real information.
The Senate acquitted Clinton.
With Clinton the Senate held the trial and the impeachment was not successful; today they are refusing to hold the impeachment proceeding. The equivalent in criminal justice would be the D.A. bringing a case to court and the court refusing to hear it, as opposed to hearing the case and rendering a verdict whichever way it goes
It depends on what the meaning of the word “is” is.
It was a 50-50 tie vote in the Senate, but you need two thirds to convict. There was virtually a nationwide blackout on the news during this time. I was on the road at the time and couldn’t get any real information.