tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post8958995200545572658..comments2024-03-24T07:56:33.811-05:00Comments on Allan R. Bevere: Impeachment and Due Process Calmly ConsideredAllan R. Beverehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07903011101108437513noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-82025479114647240942019-10-25T00:02:39.131-05:002019-10-25T00:02:39.131-05:00Thanks for your comments. Just a brief response. F...Thanks for your comments. Just a brief response. First, the House is operating within the rules set by the Republican House in 2015. Second, you are right that the Senate will not vote to convict, but I am not sure why that should influence what the House is going to do. Remember that Speaker Pelosi resisted impeachment for a long-time when members of her tribe were calling for it. Third, I don't think the Grand Jury comparison is tenuous at all. In fact, given the history of jurisprudence in the U.S. and in England prior, it is not surprising that the founders would enshrine the process in this way. Fourth, while it is true that most of us do not vote for Vice-President, we are all well-aware that given unforeseen circumstances, we may get that VP as POTUS. I think the description of coup is extreme.<br /><br />But we will have to see how all this plays out, and none of us knows for sure what will happen.<br /><br />Thanks for engaging in the discussion.Allan R. Beverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903011101108437513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-78393437112498944482019-10-24T17:18:38.455-05:002019-10-24T17:18:38.455-05:00I'm no attorney let alone a Constitutional sch...I'm no attorney let alone a Constitutional scholar, but it seems tenuous that the House acting like a grand jury makes it a grand jury in fact. If not a grand jury, no involvement of the 5th Amendment. With next to no guidelines on the impeachment process. the House (especially the majority in power) can run it however it wishes. All these closed-door proceedings smack of Star Chamber. The lynch comment was out of bounds. However, I am largely convinced of the coup thing, trying to invalidate the 2016 election and not wanting to run against Trump in 2020. Most voters (including me) chose between Trump and Hilary, not their vice-presidential candidates. I don't even remember who hers was, but Pence was/is a nonentity. And in the end, the current Senate would never vote to convict and remove. So, why are they all bothering? Now... if like Nixon, real crimes suddenly emerge that demand removal, that would change everything.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06040387578761372800noreply@blogger.com