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    1. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Feb 2021
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @HeerJeet

      I don't even know what "a political trial" means. If it's all about politics, then why does anyone have to bother to present evidence?

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2021
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki

      As an example, Trump as president would have had the legal right to declassify all of America's secrets and hand them to Putin. That would not have been a legal crime at all - he had the power. But I'd argue he could've been impeached for it.

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    3. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Feb 2021
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      Not clear to me he had the legal authority to hand them to Putin. But regardless, you're getting hung up on the definition of "crime." That's not the issue. The issue is that the president has to have committed a crime in order to be impeached, and that case has to be proven.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2021
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki

      Right but the rules for proof and the standard for proof are not those of a criminal case.

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    5. Joe Selvaggio‏ @joe_selvaggio 13 Feb 2021
      Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki

      The definition of crime in the Constitution for impeachment is not the same as a legal trial. Federalist No. 65 (Alexander Hamilton) says that impeachable offenses “proceed from the misconduct of public men … from the abuse or violation of some public trust.” 1/

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    6. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Feb 2021
      Replying to @joe_selvaggio @HeerJeet

      Again, this has nothing to do with the definition of "crime." It has to do with the question of how the alleged crimes for which the president has been impeached should be adjudicated.

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2021
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @joe_selvaggio

      As per the constitution, they should be adjudicated by the rules the Senate sets. There is no requirement that these rules mimic those of a criminal trial in a legal court.

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    8. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Feb 2021
      Replying to @HeerJeet @joe_selvaggio

      Yes - there's no requirement. But it's perfectly reasonable for Trump's lawyers to say the absence of such a requirement means that the Senate rules are unfair to the defendant in the trial.

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    10. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Feb 2021
      Replying to @thewall @HeerJeet @joe_selvaggio

      No - of course they were going to claim it. My point is that the Dems have gone to great lengths to try to show that their support for conviction is based on Trump's crimes, not their political views. Saying it's a "political trial" makes that whole effort seem irrelevant.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Feb 2021
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @thewall @joe_selvaggio

      This is only the case if you think politics is inherently suspect. It's a political trial because it is taking place in a political arena and adjudicated by politicians. Politics is a necessary part of life and not worse than allegedly non political courts.

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        2. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @thewall @joe_selvaggio

          It's so much worse to have the victims of an alleged crime - and, on the other side, arguable co-conspirators in that crime - weighing in on whether that crime was committed than the way it would work in a normal trial.

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        3. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 13 Feb 2021
          Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @HeerJeet and

          And of course politics is inherently suspect when you're talking about literally prohibiting voters from voting for a candidate in the future. The only argument for that being a reasonable remedy is if the judgment on Trump is a dispassionate, apolitical one.

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