Can the Senate Decline to Try an #impeachment Case?
The Constitution does not by its express terms direct the Senate to try an impeachment.
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The Constitution does not by its express terms direct the Senate to try an impeachment.
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@realDonaldTrump
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In fact, it confers on the Senate "the sole power to try,” which is a conferral of exclusive constitutional authority and not a procedural command.
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The Constitution couches the power to impeach in the same terms: it's the House’s “sole power.” The House may choose to impeach or not, & an argument that the Senate is free in the exercise of its own “sole power" to decline to try any impeachment that the House elects to vote.
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