re: How the frick can a non sitting president be impeached?

They probably don't even have the articles yet

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The question is whether a duly-impeached official can be TRIED on his impeachment after leaving office. Reconstruction-era Senate precedent says “yes,” but SCOTUS has never addressed the question.

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The problem with people trying to rely on the so called precedent is the individual in that case resigned to avoid the impeachment vote. Trump's term of office expired by law. That seems to be conveniently ignored.

The entire premise of the "precedent" is that federal officials shouldn't be able to resign prematurely to avoid impeachment. That's not applicable here.

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Reconstruction-era Senate precedent says “yes,”

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No they didn't.

In fact, the Senate voted for acquittal, specifically stating that they had no authority over a civilian.

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How the frick can a non sitting president be impeached?

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He cannot.

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Agree

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The question is whether a duly-impeached official can be TRIED on his impeachment after leaving office. Reconstruction-era Senate precedent says “yes,”

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It's still unconstitutional bc the PURPOSE of the trial is to remove a sitting President and NOTHING else.

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The question is whether a duly-impeached official can be TRIED on his impeachment after leaving office. Reconstruction-era Senate precedent says “yes,” but SCOTUS has never addressed the question.

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When the Chief Justice of SCOTUS refuses to preside over the trial, the SCOTUS has answered.