a fan wrote: ↑Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:11 pmHe's flat out lying. Pelosi can't "kick it to the Senate" after holding an inquiry. They have to vote, publicly, and on the record, in the House.
From wikipedia, because it's the simplest description of the process I could find:
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First, the Congress investigates. This investigation typically begins in the House Judiciary Committee, but may begin elsewhere. For example, the Nixon impeachment inquiry began in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The facts that led to impeachment of Bill Clinton were first discovered in the course of an investigation by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
Second, the House of Representatives must pass, by a simple majority of those present and voting, articles of impeachment, which constitute the formal allegation or allegations. Upon passage, the defendant has been "impeached".
Third, the Senate tries the accused. In the case of the impeachment of a president, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings. For the impeachment of any other official, the Constitution is silent on who shall preside, suggesting that this role falls to the Senate's usual presiding officer, the President of the Senate who is also the Vice President of the United States. Conviction in the Senate requires a two-thirds supermajority vote. The result of conviction is removal from office.
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Levin has gone the way of Maddow. Started out as a reasonable, fantastic conservative. But then he learned that Cheering Trump on lines his pockets, and builds his ratings.
I L-O-V-E that he brought out the Pelosi's panels are from big lib cities. Pandering. Fear. Telling his viewers their voices are being ignored.
He's lying. And it's sad to see. You can't impeach a President without a public vote in both Houses.
This is what i've been complaining about surrounding this case. Levin is asked about the allegations. Instead of simply answering whether or not what Trump admitting doing----asking a foreign leader to investigate a political opponent----- is right or wrong, he instead attacks what he thinks is the messenger.
Levin is saying that truth is party dependent. He's not interested in the fact that Trump and his lawyer already confirmed that the key charge (and likely the only charge, outside of a charge of covering up that key charge). That's irrelevant to him.
He's questioning as to whether water is wet based on the party affiliation of the person he thinks is telling him that water is wet. Further, he wants the WB outed. Yet another dagger into the now dead and rotting corpse that was our WB laws. It's like they WANT more leaking of intel. Ask, and you shall receive.
It's flat out depressing watching this, and I'm left wondering why you thought this was worth a watch, Youthathletics. Care to comment?
I agree it is depressing....I was not promoting Levin or even picking a side. The clip just seemed to layout what we all have been bickering back and forth about.
This constitutional law is above my head afan. But I believe this is what Levin was speaking about when he said 'kicking it to the senate'.
Federal Impeachment
Constitutional provisions
The House of Representatives ... shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
— Article I, Section 2, Clause 5
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments.
