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Igel

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2. There was no motion to acquit that could have gotten 2/3 vote.

Reply to Cartoonist (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 11:35 PM

Feb 2020

The only motion was to convict. It failed because too many voted "not guilty".

It's a privative, not an equipollent, opposition. There is no ambiguity, no third option--like at trial, you're either guilty or you're something else. And since whatever that something else may be is something that's not "guilty", we call that something "not guilty."

It's been pointed out a lot: Juries do not declare somebody innocent. OJ was "not guilty", Clinton was "not guilty".

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Trump was not acquitted [View all] Cartoonist Feb 2020 OP

Maybe Ohiogal Feb 2020 #1

There was no motion to acquit that could have gotten 2/3 vote. Igel Feb 2020 #2

So Clinton wasn't acquitted either??? Polybius Feb 2020 #3

Per the Constitution 2/3rds is for conviction only. AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #4

Well, the experts interpret it differently. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #5

he was certainly not declared innocent. panader0 Feb 2020 #6

That's what I'm saying Cartoonist Feb 2020 #7