Re: "Impeach but Withhold"
I must be missing something. @tribelaw @SykesCharlie & lots of other smart people suggest the House can impeach but withhold the articles from the Senate until it establishes a fair trial.
Where does the House have a power to "withhold" from the Senate?
I must be missing something. @tribelaw @SykesCharlie & lots of other smart people suggest the House can impeach but withhold the articles from the Senate until it establishes a fair trial.
Where does the House have a power to "withhold" from the Senate?
@tribelaw @SykesCharlie Here's an example below of what an official who has been impeached by the House can do to expedite resolution/dismissal by the Senate.
On June 23, 1989, after being impeached by the House, Judge Walter Nixon submitted a “Motion to Dismiss Impeachment Article III."
On June 23, 1989, after being impeached by the House, Judge Walter Nixon submitted a “Motion to Dismiss Impeachment Article III."
@tribelaw @SykesCharlie 3/ Here's Susan Navarro Smelcer's report for the Congressional research service on impeachment process:
An impeached officer may "file pretrial motions...which may include...motions for the dismissal of an article of impeachment."
h/t @McDeereUSA
fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R…
An impeached officer may "file pretrial motions...which may include...motions for the dismissal of an article of impeachment."
h/t @McDeereUSA
fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R…
@tribelaw @SykesCharlie @McDeereUSA 4/ As soon as the House votes to impeach, Trump's lawyers could walk over to the Senate, file a motion to dismiss, and I see no reason why 51 Senators couldn't take up the motion how they wanted to.
Just like the House has its own power over its process, doesn't the Senate?
Just like the House has its own power over its process, doesn't the Senate?
