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Actually, Nadler beseeched Pelosi last night to start an impeachment inquiry.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#173
Oversight hearings and impeachment investigation hearings are not the same thing.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#185
Not necessarily-this is from the judge's ruling in the accounting firm record case
Gothmog
May 2019
#179
The NBC news article in that tweet you cite shows it's time to start a formal impeachment inquiry.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#183
it's chickenhawks. it's fucking amazing how many 'democrats' and 'liberals' criticize
certainot
May 2019
#12
I have been wondering the following but am not a lawyer so I'll take advantage of
in2herbs
May 2019
#14
Lawrence Tribe, arguably the best Constitutional lawyer in the country, agrees with you.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#18
Tribe is correct that impeachment hearings are considered judicial proceedings
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#23
Your posts do not indicate you know more than me. Please drop the arrogance and insults.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#144
You asked her for her legal bone fides and when she gives them to you, you accuse
EffieBlack
May 2019
#146
Effie, I gave StarfishSaver the legal arguments/counsel presented by Hillary and Tribe.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#149
Did you read Hillary's Op Ed? She called for formal impeachment investigation hearings.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#77
Yes. Saying Pelosi has the right to be cautious is NOT the same as saying Pelosi should wait.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#154
"Can you read? Maybe you're too tired to grasp her quote?" Why yes, Nugget. I can read.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#157
No. The "Watergate precedent" Hillary is referring to DID NOT start with a House resolution
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#158
She stated this in an interview with Rachel. Why is anyone contesting what you have repeated?
emmaverybo
May 2019
#143
You're citing a March 2017 article. Nadler now is urging Pelosi for an impeachment inquiry.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#166
Below is a clear explanation of the process used during Watergate that's been posted before for you.
Nuggets
May 2019
#172
Hillary does not even mention Pelosi in her Op Ed, let alone say she "agrees with Pelosi."
SunSeeker
May 2019
#182
I am not "squabbling" with anyone. I am stating the law and what our leaders actually said.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#89
The house doesn't gain any powers under impeachment that they wouldn't have under
uponit7771
May 2019
#20
You can cut and paste this is often as you want, but if you actually read it,
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#102
The case law Tribe cites states clearly impeachment hearings are an exception.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#104
I do understand it. You clearly have nothing to support your legal argument.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#124
No need to cite a case. We were discussing a Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#125
Effie, this is important for our country. We must be able to discuss it on DU as progressives.
SunSeeker
May 2019
#145
It's a misconception that the House gains any "super powers" by opening an impeachment inquiry.
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#21
No one can "guarantee" anything - that's not how this works - just as you can't guarantee
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#41
You've got it right. He wants to be impeached so he can play the victim in 2020..
marylandblue
May 2019
#53
I've been working on the mutual respect exchange and doing my best to not be snarky.
Kurt V.
May 2019
#40
Pelosi, Schiff and Nadler have been making political arguments against impeachment
BeyondGeography
May 2019
#59
All I've ever seen is that it isn't time YET. Please provide one link where any of them
pnwmom
May 2019
#70
That is your opinion and you are welcome to it. I have heard other law professors explain it
pdsimdars
May 2019
#73
The OP didn't argue for/against impeachment (although she's made clear elsewhere where she stands)
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#92
Perhaps the OP needs to go straighten out the members of Congress who want impeachment.
cwydro
May 2019
#162
Some of us non-lawyers actually understand "process" because we've worked with it...
Hekate
May 2019
#105
You don't have to be a lawyer to know the process. Some of the most astute legal observers I know
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#163
The point of your OP (learn before you write) is lost amidst a lot of people attacking you
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#95
Watching people get frog-marched out of the WH while handcuffed is kind of a dream...
cynatnite
May 2019
#101