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I spoke with PBS @NewsHour's @hari:

"Every single trial that has been held in the Senate has had witnesses. And public sentiment seems to be strongly in favor of having witnesses."
@NewsHour @hari 2. On the first point (history of having witnesses in #SenateImpeachmentTrial)

Read @NoahBookbinder's piece in the Washington Post:

"The Senate has conducted 15 impeachment trials. It heard witnesses in every one."
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…
3. On the second point (public sentiment, including plurality of Republicans, in favor of witnesses)

Read these statistics from most recent Quinnipiac poll:

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Ryan Goodman
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On removing the President from the 2020 ballot and letting the voters decide.

There's another option.

Tell your favorite GOP Senator: They can say they are voting to convict, but would not vote to bar Trump from running in 2020.

law.cornell.edu/constitution-c…
@lisamurkowski @SenatorCollins @SenAlexander @SenatorRomney @SenToomey @senrobportman @SenThomTillis @SenPatRoberts To be clear:

My view: The appropriate action, based on the evidence, is impeachment, removal, and disqualification from office.

But this is an option that could bring someone to vote to convict and reserve/decline on the question of disqualification from future office.
@lisamurkowski @SenatorCollins @SenAlexander @SenatorRomney @SenToomey @senrobportman @SenThomTillis @SenPatRoberts 3. Historical example of this option:

House impeached Judge Alcee Hastings.

Senate voted to convict and remove Judge Alcee Hastings.

Senate did not vote to disqualify him from holding future office.

Hasting later ran for House of Representatives (and won).
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If I'm reading this correctly👇, potentially a broad (and invalid) interpretation of the 2002 AUMF to apply to U.S. force against #Iran/Iran-backed groups.

@charlie_savage @ritasiemion @BenjaminEHaas @steve_vladeck @marty_lederman @MonicaHakimi @oonahathaway @timkaine
@charlie_savage @ritasiemion @BenjaminEHaas @steve_vladeck @marty_lederman @MonicaHakimi @oonahathaway @timkaine @joshgerstein @shaneharris 2. The OMB statement: This has "long been understood" as the interpretation.

Oh, really?

1. Understood by whom? Senior national security lawyers across all departments and agencies?

2. If "long" then ... why did the Trump administration not inform Congress of this when asked?
3. As a matter of law, @steve_vladeck and my recent analysis applies:

"Why the 2002 AUMF Does Not Apply to Iran
- There is no congressional statute authorizing military attacks on Iran"

justsecurity.org/67993/why-the-…
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Must read: @neal_katyal @jgeltzer @mickeyedwardsok op-ed (on Senate Rule giving Roberts power to subpoena witnesses).

As a perfect complement, just published by historian @AstorAaron:

"How Chief Justice Chase in Johnson Impeachment Decided on Witnesses"
justsecurity.org/68284/how-chie…
@neal_katyal @jgeltzer @mickeyedwardsok @AstorAaron 2. In case you haven't seen already, here's the op-ed (by Neal Katyal, Joshua Geltzer and Mickey Edwards):

nytimes.com/2020/01/27/opi…

Below is a screenshot of the Standing Senate Rule. As they say, takes 2/3 of the Senate to overrule it.
3. The essay by @AstorAaron grew out of this Twitter exchange with Aaron and @joshtpm and others (including @GeorgeConk):

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Your process is already rigged, bias, and intended to let the off the hook for his actions. Doing thing in the dark of night is what criminals do, not what the righteous do. @threadreaderapp UNROLL @AnastasiaYeager @QueenBeeCanadas #Senate #WeThePeople #ForThePeople #Resist
Do real think so little of American and America that you would run a sham on and violate the Constitution again?
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What you are doing does not constitute a trial. A trial requires witnesses and evidence to establish the facts and the truth at this time you failing to meet basic of this. @threadreaderapp UNROLL @AnastasiaYeager @QueenBeeCanadas #Senate #WeThePeople #ForThePeople #Resist
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Public support for Trump conviction at all-time high, poll finds

news.yahoo.com/public-support… via @Yahoo
@Yahoo 55% in favor of Senate conviction, up from 48% the week before.

"People rarely make big jumps from Opposition to Support, but slowly move through don't know or third-party," said David Rothschild of Microsoft Research.
@Yahoo "This polling is a clear sign that Republican policy of complete obstruction is not selling well to voting public," said @DavMicRot
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Senate GOP intends to argue that trial doesn’t imply fact-finding?
A jury is a finder of fact.

In a Senate trial, senators are jurors.
If true, the Senate GOP has signaled an intent to lay out the rules in a way that would render the words specifically chosen by the Framers meaningless.
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Senate has uncovered no direct evidence of conspiracy between Trump campaign and Russia nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
“After two years and 200 interviews, the Senate Intelligence Committee is approaching the end of its investigation into the 2016 election, having uncovered no direct evidence of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to both Democrats and Republicans”
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