Did anybody see Alan Dershowitz tonight? I watched about 20 minutes of him. After listening to that, I could see Joe Manchin and Doug Jones voting against Trump's removal from office. He gave them cover to do that. Basically he argued very convincingly that abuse of power and obstruction of justice aren't impeachable offenses, based on the Constitution and historical precedent.
To be fair, I didn't hear any of the other arguments, and do not like the system we've got in the USA where everyone is a criminal. The incarceration rate should be a lot lower IMHO.
Originally Posted by Tiny
I had the same thought after listening to Ken Starr who made essentially the same argument. I thought to myself, "if we could see into the minds of the Democrats, we would have heard an Oh! shit"! How the hell am I going to vote for 2 articles of impeachment that are un-constitutional to begin with and how can I be part of such a precedent of bringing such articles to the Senate floor.
Every single Republican running for the House can use Starr's and Dershowitz's arguments to show why no Democrat that voted to send over these articles can possibly be returned to the House after demonstrating they do not understand the Constitution, especially the obstruction of Congress who I am sure will get Democrats votes to dismiss because the arguments against a Congress having un-checked power over a Presidents Executive Privilege authority, must be dismissed.
Especially Schiff and Nadler who are on the record saying no such privilege exists and the SC has struck down this privilege in all matters the Congress brings up. For the Democrats to get what they want, a President could be called to testify before Congress on any matter they deem worthy and the SC has absolutely never said that. For this reason alone, these two, really all them should lose their seats.