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re: "In what kind of trial..."
Posted on 1/27/20 at 12:07 pm to timdonaghyswhistle
Posted on 1/27/20 at 12:07 pm to timdonaghyswhistle
Every post on this thread simply demonstrates that the impeachment process is not a judicial process.
We might as well complain that the Federal Rules of Evidence do not apply in Congressional Committee hearings.
We might as well complain that the Federal Rules of Evidence do not apply in Congressional Committee hearings.
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Posted on 1/27/20 at 12:12 pm to AggieHank86
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Every post on this thread simply demonstrates that the impeachment process is not a judicial process.
We might as well complain that the Federal Rules of Evidence do not apply in Congressional Committee hearings.
That's not really an astute observation.
Everything about it is more analogous to one than it is anything else.
Hence, you don't really get to pick and choose which particular aspects are and which aren't, and think you're saying anything meaningful.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 12:44 pm to AggieHank86
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Every post on this thread simply demonstrates that the impeachment process is not a judicial process.
No not a typical one, but it uses terms like 'trial', 'high crimes', 'misdemeanors', it has a 'judge', and these are terms that are shared with the criminal justice system. Because it uses terms of this nature it seems to me that it is intended to be more than a popularity contest for the Congress to judge. We have this thing called an 'election' for that.
So, we have this thing that is neither fish nor fowl. It's rarely used and therefore precedent for its operation is thin. It's like exploring barely charted territory. If we had more practice, we'd be better at it but this is a thing we have been loathe to practice at. Unfortunately, it looks like the appetite to practice it is growing, and that is not good.
This post was edited on 1/27/20 at 12:55 pm
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