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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 31 Jan 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Larry Sabato

      Actually, the Constitution says very explicitly that the Senate gets to decide whether to remove the president.https://twitter.com/LarrySabato/status/1223231986988281862 …

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      Larry SabatoVerified account @LarrySabato
      January 31, 2020: Britain withdraws from Europe and America withdraws from the Constitution.
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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 31 Jan 2020

      I would have liked to hear Bolton testify, but the House can still subpoena him just as well as the Senate can. Trial witnesses are there for one purpose only: to help the Senators decide. If enough of them have already decided, there is no purpose to calling them.

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        2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 31 Jan 2020

          This is a replay of the "have a hearing for Merrick Garland even though you're already not going to confirm him" argument. There's no purpose to the thing once the outcome is already certain.

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        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 31 Jan 2020

          Congressional hearings can serve purposes besides legislative decisions, of course. They can also be used to expose malfeasance to create public political pressure. But you can still hold hearings! An impeachment trial serves a more specific function.

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        4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 31 Jan 2020

          If the House thinks new testimony would support new articles of impeachment, it can do that too! It may not be the best politics, but if you think more testimony would persuade the public, then that step is available.

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        5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 31 Jan 2020

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Noah Rothman

          There is indeed always the risk that doing what you believe is the right thing today will look indefensible later. Comes with the territory with Trump.https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1223324808424771584 …

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          Noah RothmanVerified account @NoahCRothman
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          For Rs, there are prudential political considerations they're passing up. There was never going to be a FOIA request that turns up information in Oct 2016 that showed why Garland should have been confirmed. Not necessarily the case here.
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        6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 31 Jan 2020

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted

          They have every right to do this. It would, however, be an admission politically that they mishandled the original process https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/1223326568589746177 …

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        2. jbrenner‏ @jbrenner2000 31 Jan 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          There was a definite purpose in NOT CALLING witnesses - to provide cover for GOP Senators who had decided, yet again, to give Trump a pass.

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        3. Painfully Bemused‏ @bjones306 31 Jan 2020
          Replying to @jbrenner2000 @baseballcrank

          It's literally an overreach of power for the Senate to do so. It's the job of Congress to make the case for impeachment. It's the job of the Senate to decide on said case. Democrats were quite clear on this during the Clinton impeachment. The turnabout is quite hilarious.😏

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        2. Alex‏ @Alex_Z_01 31 Jan 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          I'll counter that maybe the Senators have decided, but many people haven't. And with elections coming up I'd like more information to help make up *my* mind so I know how I feel about my Senators' decision as well as Trump.

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        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 31 Jan 2020
          Replying to @Alex_Z_01

          Fair. But the House can perform that function just as well.

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