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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLamar Alexander is a no. No need for witnesses or documents. The people
should make the decisions, not the Congress. CNN So Murkowski is the only one left. If she votes yes then it is up to Chief Justice Roberts to decide if he wants to break the tie.
RandySF
(59,447 posts)applegrove
(118,845 posts)of impeachment. So no need for witnesses and documents.
bdamomma
(63,931 posts)a low opinion of the American people, just for that they all should be VOTED OUT!!
dem4decades
(11,307 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)no good can come of it where the federal judiciary is concerned. He can put his stamp on everything when these cases come before the Supreme Court. He could even direct the lower courts expedite or consolidate the cases so they can be argued and decided quickly by the USSC. The next weeks will be fascinating for serious court watchers.
It would be interesting if he chose another method to break the tie, say, by having the senators vote again, this time by secret ballot. Or by making the senators cast votes until there is a majprity one way or the other.
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)balances by adding more Democrats.
So, what, that doesnt count somehow?
applegrove
(118,845 posts)BKDem
(1,733 posts)As bad as things seem, we would be even deeper shit if we hadn't flipped the House. But it hasn't been enough. The country is being ruled by a minority of about 30%, insane loudmouth assholes all.
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)bdamomma
(63,931 posts)can be ruled OUT.
Blaukraut
(5,695 posts)McConnell wants to avoid any possibility of a tie that might be broken by Roberts.
Murkowski issued a statement tonight stating she needed time to think things over and review her notes.
Bullshi*t.
bdamomma
(63,931 posts)he's a very dangerous man too. He needs to be voted out. Amy McGrath deserves a lot of donations coming her way.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Don't care what they threatened...I'd have the threat on tape and give it to the local news
mvd
(65,180 posts)Without witnesses or evidence allowed, this is a sham trial!
oasis
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Taraman
(374 posts)Raw power and money rule these people. No character, no honor, no sense of justice.
I hope this is the nadir. I hope the renascence begins now.
Difficult not to feel despondent, but we can be discouraged yet still act.
SCantiGOP
(13,874 posts)have lost.
Doesnt mean we have lost the war, but we have lost this time.
Jefferson said tyranny was when the government does what is in its best interest, but not in the best interests of the citizens.
moondust
(20,017 posts)Does he seriously think Dump won't try to find some foreign quid pro quo hackers and propagandists for 2020--if he hasn't found them already?
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)and always has been no matter how highly Claire McCaskill thinks of him.
MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)Better to have them acquit based upon a sham trial going against the will of a supermajority of likely voters than to do so after giving the appearance of fairness.
They likely handed over the Senate, increased our House majority and probably the presidency if we dont screw it up again.