The idea of waiting to send the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate is brilliant

[StarfishSaver]

38. Yes.

While I don't think the House can impeach a former president, I do think that once the president is validly impeached, the Senate can proceed to a trial, conviction and punishment - especially since one of the two available forms of punishment doesn't rely on his being in office. He can be removed from office and disqualified from future office. He certainly can't be removed anymore once he leaves office, but he can still be disqualified. And I can't see that the Senate wouldn't have the power to impose such a punishment on an impeached president just because he got out of town by the skin of his teeth.

The House needs to impeach asap and then hold off on sending it to the Senate for trial. There is no constitutional or statutory requirement that they send it over within any particular timeframe.

People are always blasting the Democrats for following the rules and not thinking outside of the box. Yet when they DO think outside of the box and figure out ways to use the rules to their advantage, even if that use of the rules is unprecedented, folks are telling them, "No! No! It's just not done that way!"

Sorry. The House seems to have figure out a way to make this work within the rules and I'm glad that they're considering doing it.