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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf any senator admits to vote one way or another ahead of time,
Could they be disqualified from sitting in judgment?
Aside from McConnell and Graham who have already gone on record are there any others.
I would think this cuts both ways in favor of removal or not.
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If any senator admits to vote one way or another ahead of time, (Original Post)
Ferryboat
Dec 2019
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There is no mechanism to force Senators to recuse themselves from government participation.
Calista241
Dec 2019
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maxsolomon
(38,393 posts)1. I don't know where you'd appeal to.
Roberts? The entire SCOTUS?
I don't think they need to maintain any sort of objectivity before, during, or after.
It's the Senate: the most Undemocratic Institution in the Government. It should be burned to the ground.
Calista241
(5,633 posts)2. There is no mechanism to force Senators to recuse themselves from government participation.
diva77
(7,880 posts)3. The overwhelming evidence of crimes committed has already been presented in public hearings by
witnesses under oath. I don't see why it wouldn't be ok for a senator to come out in favor of impeachment. It's the deniers and obstructionists who are intent on declaring facts null and void that who should be disqualified. (IMHO)
