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Home Front: Politix
Schiff's Defense of Impeachment Comes From....British History
2021-02-09
[Townhall] "The Senate must summarily reject this brazen political act," his attorneys wrote in a legal brief, calling the single impeachment article "unconstitutional for a variety of reasons, any of which alone would be grounds for immediate dismissal."

But according to Rep. Adam Schiff, there is precedent for late impeachment. It’s just in...British history.

In a thread on Twitter, the former lead impeachment manager attempted to make his case.

Posted by:Besoeker

#6  /\ Posthumous Snark O' Day Candidate
Posted by: magpie   2021-02-09 12:34  

#5  I'm surprised he didn't cite the exhumation and "posthumous execution" of Oliver Cromwell.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-02-09 12:30  

#4  Thomas Beckett!
Posted by: Clem   2021-02-09 12:25  

#3  More like Brit absurdist humor: the Mad Hatter, or one of the Monty Python loony bin residents
Posted by: Wheter Phaitch6259   2021-02-09 11:51  

#2  If this is Brit history day, then one can confess a certain sympathy for Guy Fawkes... a penny for the old Guy?.
Posted by: Beldar Smiter of the Swedes3430   2021-02-09 11:46  

#1  Also in English History, does it count also?
"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"-Henry II
Posted by: magpie   2021-02-09 11:18  

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