Can anyone imagine a trial in which the witnesses who observed the murder are not allowed to testify? Nor is any forensic evidence allowed to presented and any sworn statements disallowed. He would have been a perfect judge at the lynching trials for the defendants and Southern injustice.

He is from Alabama. Not that it matters. Just a bit of useless trivia.

It was worth the effort to gain some negotiating leverage, but there wasn't much to work with there.

If the other side can point to a set of rules that were accepted unanimously by both sides in the Clinton impeachment and say they want to do that... it's awfully hard to win that negotiation. Then there's the institutional problem that the House has little ability to tell the Senate how to run the trial.

Again... worth the try, but even Tribe recognized that it was going to be a delay at best. The articles were always on their way to the Senate.

What happens next will influence those elections.

There is no court with jurisdiction over congressional proceedings, I'm afraid.

those elections are fair and free from republican rat-fucking, that is.

She can legally, and in good faith, protecting and defending the Constitution, wait until a new Senate is constituted in 2021, and whether a trial will even be appropriate at that time.

Until then, to send these Articles to an arena that is officially declared to be not impartial, is to allow a constitutional crisis to dissolve into failed Democracy. That is the goal of this corrupt administration.

Corruption kills democracy. That's what we face.

And we made the case, this might have a slight chance of working. It hasn’t worked out that way. I’m not sure anything has been accomplished but I can’t be mad at them for trying to do something about his corruption.

Dems have so much to hammer with. Rethugs should just be punching bags.

as Moscow Mitch has. Does he (again) know something about the coming elections that we do not? I hope the ballot boxes are secure. I know Ivanka has trademarks on one type. That raises suspicions right there. They are likely all cued in to punch R even before they are activated. One thing I know for certain, the gop will FOREVER be held responsible for the clown in the WH, and the damage he has already done to this country. Any gop members propping him up will share in that blame. He is a joke, worldwide. Most ignorant president EVER.

That was 3 years ago now. It's way past time to understand what that means.

Get rid of the law-breaking republican majority in the senate so we can finally get rid of the law-breaking person in the white house and his minions in the justice dept.

There has to be some kind of deal that has been worked out. For now we wait to learn what it is. Robert's reputation is on the line so will he go along with the sham? So many moving parts here. For now, at least, I will give Nancy the benefit of the doubt. She has managed this very well so far.