A problem with this bullshit ..... if it is TRUE, then the SCOTUS can "review" the "fairness" of the process that resulted in "Articles of Impeachment" .... but ...
the fallacy of the proposition is that the SCOTUS derives it's jurisdiction from the U.S. Constitution, which does not include jurisdiction over the "impeachment" as a jurisdictional matter.
So you LOONS had better hope they don't "imply" jurisdiction and REVIEW the JOKE from the HOUSE! Speaker PissLousy has shit in her britches. I predict they would slam dunk this House Bullshit! That is EXACTLY why the Loons in the House didn't want to seek Court enforcement of any subpoena .... they'd get shit-canned in a heartbeat .... too much precedent.
Originally Posted by LexusLover
Yeah, this is getting hilarious. A few posts back he was bashing Guiliani for proposing that the SCOTUS would potentially have the power to overturn the House Impeachment on Constitutional grounds, now he posts a wishful thinking article on the SCOTUS overruling the Senate.
Can you say delusional?
My feeling is this is going to go somewhat like Clinton's impeachment, which McConnel has stated repeatedly is model he will most likely follow.
The Senate will receive the articles and the House managers to present their case. The Presidents counsel will rebut. The Senate will then decide on witnesses and I'm just guessing that they follow the Clinton model of allowing some witnesses to be further deposed and then select parts of those depositions presented for the Senate to review. No physical testimony will take place.
Unfortunately for the left, these witnesses will be ones who were already materially mentioned in the House's investigations and basis for the Articles of Impeachment in the first place. This will not include expanding the case against Trump, just clarifying necessary witness accounts. And since the House didn't actually come up with a crime to impeach on and it's going to be hard to add anything to the existing witnesses testimonies, It's not going to have any direct effect on the outcome.
Which we all know is,
Viva la Acquittal!!!