1/10. Why does Senator McConnell talk about how he will run the impeachment trial, and why do we listen? He has zero constitutional authority to decide its shape.
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6/10. Senators in an impeachment trial therefore have an exclusively legal responsibility, just as any citizen serving as a juror in a trial would.
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7/10. If we treat the impeachment trial as anything but a trial, we disregard the Constitution and endanger the rule of law and the Republic.
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8/10. If senators say that they regard an impeachment trial as political rather than legal, they have disqualified themselves as jurors.
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9/10. If senators reveal how they will vote before the impeachment trial has taken place, they have disqualified themselves as jurors.
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10/10. Senator McConnell has no constitutional authority to lead an impeachment trial. His constitutional responsibility is to serve as a juror. From that he has disqualified himself.
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Thanks for your voice and moral clarity through this thus far. I’m giving copies of “On Tyranny” to about a dozen old friends this week.
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Wich is what Trump is all about.
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Can anyone provide any recent examples of any GOP Senator that has embraced the rule of law? Who has valued their oath and sworn duty over acting as co-conspirators or accessories after the fact to the Trump/Pence/Barr criminal enterprise?
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No, not really.
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Too late for endangering the rule of law. The house defiled due process for their part.
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Damn that's funny.. that ship sailed in 2016. This entire affair is a sham.
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The Republican party no longer follow the Constitution. The sooner we stop pretending like they do, the better.
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LOL okay big fan of "I've got a pen and a phone."
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