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Topic: Pelosi Considers Impeachment To Stop SCOTUS Nomination
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Randall
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posted September 20, 2020 10:34 AM
  
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-does-not-rule-out-using-impeachment-to-tie-up-the-senate-floor/ar-BB19eqZZ IP: Logged |
jwhop
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From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 20, 2020 12:31 PM
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Originally posted by Randall:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-does-not -rule-out-using-impeachment-to-tie-up-the-senate-floor/ar-BB19eqZZ
Pee-Lousy has left no stone unturned in her quest to become the worst Speaker of the House in US history. A contemptible disgrace who is long past her shelf life. IP: Logged |
teasel
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posted September 21, 2020 07:03 PM
Good for her. Barr and Kavanaugh should be impeached, too. IP: Logged |
jwhop
Knowflake Posts: 15164
From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 21, 2020 07:52 PM
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Originally posted by teasel:
Good for her. Barr and Kavanaugh should be impeached, too.
You're sounding 'progressively' more disturbed. Maybe Pee-Lousy is contagious. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted September 21, 2020 09:12 PM
Please, let her do it! It would guarantee that the Dems lose the House. IP: Logged |
Dhyana
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From: US
Registered: Sep 2019
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posted September 22, 2020 12:16 AM
The House could impeach, but according to this source the Senate isn't required to conduct a trial: quote:
The Senate has options for scuttling the impeachment process beyond a simple refusal to heed the House vote. The Constitution does not specify what constitutes a “trial,” and in a 1993 case involving a judicial impeachment, the Supreme Court affirmed that the Senate’s “sole power” to “try” means that it is not subject to any limitations on how it could conduct a proceeding. Senate leadership could engineer an early motion to dismiss and effectively moot the current rule’s call for the president or counsel to appear before the Senate. The rules in place provide at any rate only that “the Senate shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses”: they do not require that any other than the president be called. Moreover, the Senate could adjourn at any time, terminating the proceedings and declining to take up the House articles.
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Dhyana
Knowflake Posts: 633
From: US
Registered: Sep 2019
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posted September 22, 2020 12:42 AM
So, if Pelosi carries out her threat, and if the goal would be to tie up the Senate with impeachment and thereby stop the nomination process, McConnell can simply make a motion to dismiss. Threats notwithstanding, the Dems are powerless to stop President Trump from putting a new justice on the Supreme Court.IP: Logged |
Dhyana
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Registered: Sep 2019
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posted September 22, 2020 01:40 AM
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BREAKING: @LindseyGrahamSC: "We've got the votes to confirm Justice Ginsburg's replacement before the election. That's what's coming."
http://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1308215101917401089 IP: Logged |
Dhyana
Knowflake Posts: 633
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Registered: Sep 2019
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posted September 22, 2020 12:03 PM
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Originally posted by teasel:
Good for her. Barr and Kavanaugh should be impeached, too.
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