https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2019/12/house-senate-impeachment-impasse-would-mean-trump-wasnt-impeached-at-all-harvard-law-prof/
Source ZeroHedge provides a summary in the first paragraph header: “While Nancy Pelosi threatens to withhold articles of impeachment passed Wednesday night by the House, Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman says that President Trump isn’t technically impeached until the House actually transmits the articles to the Senate.”
Feldman’s important internal summary is as follows: “If the House does not communicate its impeachment to the Senate, it hasn’t actually impeached the president. If the articles are not transmitted, Trump could legitimately say that he wasn’t truly impeached at all.
That’s because “impeachment” under the Constitution means the House sending its approved articles of to the Senate, with House managers standing up in the Senate and saying the president is impeached.
As for the headlines we saw after the House vote saying, “TRUMP IMPEACHED,” those are a media shorthand, not a technically correct legal statement. So far, the House has voted to impeach (future tense) Trump. He isn’t impeached (past tense) until the articles go to the Senate and the House members deliver the message.” -Noah Feldman
Pelosi, meanwhile, won’t transmit the articles until the Senate holds what she considers a “fair” trial.
Notes:
Today’s news has Pelosi asking DJT to present the SOTU. DJT then tweets: “Nancy Pelosi is looking for a quid pro quo with the Senate. Why aren’t we impeaching her?”
NBCPolitics tweets: “Speaker Pelosi invites President Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 2020.”
Please take the time to read and understand what Feldman tells us about impeachment. This is Red Pill material.
https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2019/12/house-senate-impeachment-impasse-would-mean-trump-wasnt-impeached-at-all-harvard-law-prof/
Source ZeroHedge provides a summary in the first paragraph header: “While Nancy Pelosi threatens to withhold articles of impeachment passed Wednesday night by the House, Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman says that President Trump isn’t technically impeached until the House actually transmits the articles to the Senate.”
Feldman’s important internal summary is as follows: “If the House does not communicate its impeachment to the Senate, it hasn’t actually impeached the president. If the articles are not transmitted, Trump could legitimately say that he wasn’t truly impeached at all.
That’s because “impeachment” under the Constitution means the House sending its approved articles of to the Senate, with House managers standing up in the Senate and saying the president is impeached.
As for the headlines we saw after the House vote saying, “TRUMP IMPEACHED,” those are a media shorthand, not a technically correct legal statement. So far, the House has voted to impeach (future tense) Trump. He isn’t impeached (past tense) until the articles go to the Senate and the House members deliver the message.” -Noah Feldman
Pelosi, meanwhile, won’t transmit the articles until the Senate holds what she considers a “fair” trial.
Notes:
1. Today’s news has Pelosi asking DJT to present the SOTU. DJT then tweets: “Nancy Pelosi is looking for a quid pro quo with the Senate. Why aren’t we impeaching her?”
2. NBCPolitics tweets: “Speaker Pelosi invites President Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 2020.”
Please take the time to read and understand what Feldman tells us about impeachment. This is Red Pill material.
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