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Vinnie From Indy

(10,820 posts) Sun Jan 26, 2020, 10:25 AM Jan 2020

The Judicial Branch Should Be Required to Fast Track Impeachment Cases

In matters of impeaching the president, the framers missed an important element by not requiring the judicial branch to expedite any cases related to the impeachment of the president.

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The Judicial Branch Should Be Required to Fast Track Impeachment Cases (Original Post) Vinnie From Indy Jan 2020 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Jan 2020 #1

agree HAB911 Jan 2020 #2

The framers didn't envision any court cases relating to impeachment onenote Jan 2020 #3

Ha, Impotus3/Moscow Mitch have stacked the judiciary with rw hacks, we can't trust them at all. lark Jan 2020 #4

I absolutely agree. The House gave up on taking the administration to court Nitram Jan 2020 #5

"rocket docket" moondust Jan 2020 #6

malaise

(269,063 posts)

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Reply to Vinnie From Indy (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 10:30 AM

Jan 2020

This is serious

HAB911

(8,904 posts)

2. agree

Reply to Vinnie From Indy (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 10:30 AM

Jan 2020

this has thrown a wrench in the gears

onenote

(42,714 posts)

3. The framers didn't envision any court cases relating to impeachment

Reply to Vinnie From Indy (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 10:45 AM

Jan 2020

They granted the "sole" power to impeach to the House and to try impeachments to the Senate.

lark

(23,116 posts)

4. Ha, Impotus3/Moscow Mitch have stacked the judiciary with rw hacks, we can't trust them at all.

Reply to Vinnie From Indy (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 10:49 AM

Jan 2020

Anything they don't like they will push to SCOTUS where they will win every single time because the fix is in and they are rw Russian Repugs who are actively trying to subvert our democracy for their own benefit, as well as that of their major funder - PUtin & Russia.

Nitram

(22,822 posts)

5. I absolutely agree. The House gave up on taking the administration to court

Reply to Vinnie From Indy (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 12:40 PM

Jan 2020

to enforce their subpoenas for witnesses and documents, because the process could easily be unfinished when the 2020 election is already over.

moondust

(19,993 posts)

6. "rocket docket"

Reply to Vinnie From Indy (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 01:02 PM

Jan 2020

I've heard Claire McCaskill promoting this idea recently.

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