In a Senate with 47 non-Republicans, the "Get Trump" forces must convince 20 Republican senators to vote to expel the president for a House impeachment effort to succeed.
To understand the significance of an "Impeachment inquiry," we need to go back to a blitz of document requests that House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrod Nadler sent in March 2019.
The one to the White House requested a huge list of document categories, including any documents furnished to the special counsel team.
Since at least March, Nadler and other House Democrats have engaged in a public fight with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to force the House into a formal impeachment proceeding.
Rep. Ro Khanna explained Nadler's strategy: "What happens next is dependent on the courts. If the courts rule against the administration and the administration defies a court order, then I think it is a full-blown crisis." Congress's authority to request documents is dependent on whether it has a legitimate legislative purpose for the documents.
The purpose of the House invoking the phrase "Impeachment inquiry" is to create a pretext to argue in court that it has a right to the documents.
Democrats want to force the president into defying a court order upholding a House document request in order to meet the Khanna test for a full-blown impeachment proceeding.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/26/how-the-house-plans-to-use-its-inquiry-to-instigate-impeachment/
To understand the significance of an "Impeachment inquiry," we need to go back to a blitz of document requests that House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrod Nadler sent in March 2019.
The one to the White House requested a huge list of document categories, including any documents furnished to the special counsel team.
Since at least March, Nadler and other House Democrats have engaged in a public fight with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to force the House into a formal impeachment proceeding.
Rep. Ro Khanna explained Nadler's strategy: "What happens next is dependent on the courts. If the courts rule against the administration and the administration defies a court order, then I think it is a full-blown crisis." Congress's authority to request documents is dependent on whether it has a legitimate legislative purpose for the documents.
The purpose of the House invoking the phrase "Impeachment inquiry" is to create a pretext to argue in court that it has a right to the documents.
Democrats want to force the president into defying a court order upholding a House document request in order to meet the Khanna test for a full-blown impeachment proceeding.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/26/how-the-house-plans-to-use-its-inquiry-to-instigate-impeachment/
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