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Initially, the House Judiciary Committee chooses whether to pursue impeachment, followed by the Judiciary Committee initiating a formal inquest into the subject of impeachment. Depending on the outcome of the inquiry, the Judiciary Committee sends a resolution to the House either indicating that impeachment is warranted and supports the conclusion with the Articles of Impeachment, or that there is insufficient reasoning to support impeachment.
After debate, the Full House votes on each Article of Impeachment. If a simple majority approves of any one of the Articles, the President is officially impeached. However, this is merely a way of charging the President with a crime; a trial still takes place in the U.S. Senate, and the President is represented by lawyers. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court serves as prosecutor and the 100 Senators act as jurors.
After a trial, the Senate meets privately to decide upon a verdict. A 2/3 vote results in a conviction. Next, the Senate decides whether to remove the President from office, and may also vote on whether the President can hold any public office in the future.
For those who have forgotten or didn't know in the first place let's discuss the impeachment process.
https://www.reference.com/government-politics/steps-presidential-impeachment-ad37ca912217fdfa
I Frankly I thought the leader of the senate had a bigger role. Sucks getting old.
It has been reported that the Senate Leader can exercise his right not to bring the motion to impeach to the floor, Merrit Garland anyone? Let the voters decide in 2020.........
True, but if the house votes to impeach and the Senate doesn't take it up, McConnell can kiss his 2020 election (as well as any other Republican up in 2020) goodbye. Even he won't be able to recover from that.
I'll be shocked if the GOP goes along with it. They've dug in to far, in the same way that DP's Trumpists will never admit any wrong on their part.
Even if the Mueller report is extraordinarily damning, they'll just call it a hoax. Safer that way. Then they don't have to look at what they've done.
"They are human garbage, ignore them" is a call to incivility and should be condemned by the educated at least.
I'll be shocked if the GOP goes along with it. They've dug in to far, in the same way that DP's Trumpists will never admit any wrong on their part.
Even if the Mueller report is extraordinarily damning, they'll just call it a hoax. Safer that way. Then they don't have to look at what they've done.
"They are human garbage, ignore them" is a call to incivility and should be condemned by the educated at least.
None of the 45 demorat Senators voted to convict Bill Clinton who admitted to lying (perjury?) - why should anyone expect anything different from republicant Senators?
intelligista the raptor melons.
(That actually makes far more sense as a reply to what you said, then your "reply with quote" had to do with what I said. Par?)
For those who have forgotten or didn't know in the first place let's discuss the impeachment process.
https://www.reference.com/government-politics/steps-presidential-impeachment-ad37ca912217fdfa
Frankly I thought the leader of the senate had a bigger role. Sucks getting old.
None of the 45 demorat Senators voted to convict Bill Clinton who admitted to lying (perjury?) - why should anyone expect anything different from republicant Senators?
Since you demand civility from others but do not require it from the president of the United States, your comments are discarded as your typical fake eastern training hypocrisy. Be gone.
Paradoxes are an invitation for you to advance your education.
Pomegranates/watermelons
I'll be shocked if the GOP goes along with it. They've dug in to far, in the same way that DP's Trumpists will never admit any wrong on their part.
Even if the Mueller report is extraordinarily damning, they'll just call it a hoax. Safer that way. Then they don't have to look at what they've done.
intelligista the raptor melons.
(That actually makes far more sense as a reply to what you said, then your "reply with quote" had to do with what I said. Par?)
The leader of the Senate is the vice president. There would be a conflict of interest to give him/her any kind of power in the processFor those who have forgotten or didn't know in the first place let's discuss the impeachment process.
https://www.reference.com/government-politics/steps-presidential-impeachment-ad37ca912217fdfa
Frankly I thought the leader of the senate had a bigger role. Sucks getting old.
It has been reported that the Senate Leader can exercise his right not to bring the motion to impeach to the floor, Merrit Garland anyone? Let the voters decide in 2020.........
If Obstruction is the ONLY charge levied maybe, but if there is another charge or charges proven? Well, that's a risk all Republican senators can take at that time. There are 22 (if I remember correctly) Republican senators up for re-election in 2020.
That is a good point, but would those 22 republicants rather have Pence as POTUS (and the likely republicant party head "helping" their 2020 campaign) or take their chances with Trump as POTUS? Pence is far from the robust campaigner that Trump is so that has to play a role in making such a decision.
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