After holding a vote to impeach President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided to wait on sending the impeachment articles to the Senate.
According to many in the media, this brilliant bit of strategy gives her leverage to force Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to provide a fair trial in the Senate.
There's so many reasons this is wrong, but let's start with the most obvious: according to the Democrats' own impeachment witness, Harvard law professor Noah Feldman, Trump isn't actually impeached until the articles are sent to the Senate, and "An indefinite delay would pose a serious problem."
"If the House does not communicate its impeachment to the Senate, it hasn't actually impeached the president. If the articles are not transmitted, Trump could legitimately say that he wasn't truly impeached at all," writes Feldman.
There's no moral victory in the House holding a vote to impeach Trump if Pelosi indefinitely sits on the articles, and she holds no leverage over the Senate because McConnell isn't interested in holding an impeachment trial, and so long as she twiddles her thumbs, he doesn't have to.
"It's beyond me how the Speaker and Democratic leader in the Senate think withholding the articles of impeachment and not sending them over gives them leverage," McConnell told reporters after the House passed the articles.
Pelosi has said that Trump, McConnell and Attorney General William Barr have "Gone rogue." But it's really her belief that she can dictate how impeachment will unfold in the Senate that is roguish of all.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/pelosis-game-of-chicken-will-leave-her-party-fried/
According to many in the media, this brilliant bit of strategy gives her leverage to force Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to provide a fair trial in the Senate.
There's so many reasons this is wrong, but let's start with the most obvious: according to the Democrats' own impeachment witness, Harvard law professor Noah Feldman, Trump isn't actually impeached until the articles are sent to the Senate, and "An indefinite delay would pose a serious problem."
"If the House does not communicate its impeachment to the Senate, it hasn't actually impeached the president. If the articles are not transmitted, Trump could legitimately say that he wasn't truly impeached at all," writes Feldman.
There's no moral victory in the House holding a vote to impeach Trump if Pelosi indefinitely sits on the articles, and she holds no leverage over the Senate because McConnell isn't interested in holding an impeachment trial, and so long as she twiddles her thumbs, he doesn't have to.
"It's beyond me how the Speaker and Democratic leader in the Senate think withholding the articles of impeachment and not sending them over gives them leverage," McConnell told reporters after the House passed the articles.
Pelosi has said that Trump, McConnell and Attorney General William Barr have "Gone rogue." But it's really her belief that she can dictate how impeachment will unfold in the Senate that is roguish of all.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/pelosis-game-of-chicken-will-leave-her-party-fried/
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