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| Senate votes trial constitutional; six Republicans vote 'yes' |
| 2021-02-10 |
| BLUF [The Hill] GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mitt Romney (Utah), Ben Sasse (Neb.) and Pat Toomey (Pa.) had previously voted to say the trial was constitutional and voted the same way on Tuesday. "I thought they did a good job in outlining the Constitutional arguments of both sides. I continue to be persuaded by the weight of the scholarly analysis, which says it's constitutional to carry out a trial after someone's left office," said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). Collins said she was "perplexed" by Castor. She added that the signaling out by Trump's team of Toomey and Sasse—who voted last month to say they thought the trial was constitutional— was "inappropriate." House impeachment managers and Trump's team spent hours debating if the trial was constitutional ahead of Tuesday's vote. That's a shift from last month's vote, where Republicans appeared caught off guard that Paul was forcing the issue. But senators say the result of the vote was largely already settled after senators had to make a decision last month. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 The Central Committee of the Presidium has demanded a show trial to purge the counter-revolutionary Orange Man from the glorious future of the United Soviet States of America. The will of the Supreme Soviet has been stated. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2021-02-10 12:30 |
| #3 The Constitution says the chief judge of SCOUTS presides at 'impeachment' trials. Illiteracy is just not a problem in minority communities. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-02-10 09:32 |
| #2 Those 6 are the enemy and to be given no quarter. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2021-02-10 08:33 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Lemuel Whereting9158 2021-02-10 02:36 |