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## Rule of law is not well understood.
## Democracy is not well understood.
## Ancestor worship is not well understood.
## Anomie is not well understood.
by Cat on Thu Dec 19th, 2019 at 06:47:16 PM EST
by Cat on Sun Dec 29th, 2019 at 11:54:06 PM EST
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by Cat on Tue Dec 31st, 2019 at 07:16:14 AM EST
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Those are the rules from the Clinton impeachment. But the Senate has to adopt or write whatever rules it will use in the upcoming trial. The Democrats are advocating that these same rules be adopted for Trump's impeachment. McConnell has not agreed. McConnell can just support a motion to dismiss or adopt rules that allow no additional witnesses to be called - provided he can get 51 votes to do so. Had Pelosi simply sent the Bill of Impeachment to the Senate it is likely that McConnell would have been able to get the 51 votes. Withholding the Bill of Impeachment provides time for pressure to be brought on individual senators to support adoption of fair rules of procedure for the trial.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Tue Dec 31st, 2019 at 04:37:35 PM EST
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from the just-like-Watergate NORMS and CONVENTIONS corner of the twitterverse:
hmmm
President Ford Pardons Richard Nixon
"A month after taking office, President Gerald Ford, addressed the nation on television [A/V, transcript] to announce that he had decided to pardon Richard Nixon."
BONUS!: Full Text of the Pardon Proclamation"

reference
Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. 4 Wall. 333 333 (1866)
enemies of the state, excluding impeached officers of the state
CRS, "An Overview of the Presidential Pardoning Power"
Miscellany: Always read the footnotes.

by Cat on Tue Dec 31st, 2019 at 07:31:08 PM EST
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