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In reply to the discussion: BTRTN: Pelosi Reveals Her Trump Card. Now Will She Play It? [View all]getagrip_already
(14,646 posts)The constitution is brief. It doesn't spell out much in the way of process. It's up to the house and senate to establish their own policies and procedures.
If the house decides to add new evidence to the articles, they can do that with a simple vote. If they want to write new articles, they can do that as, and when, they see fit.
Likewise, if the senate votes to dismiss the articles out of hand, they can do that as well.
This is a political process, albeit with legal trappings, but it just politics at its core. The framers realized that if the house or senate abdicated their responsibility, the republic would fail. But, it was the best they could come up with.
Hey, it worked for almost 250 years. Until hate, greed, and power-fever put it's ugly hands around the throat of freedom.