UPDATED: What's The Principled Way For The Senate To Handle An "Impeachment"
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During the past week Hugh Hewitt has written a pair of thoughtful articles on impeachment for the WaPo. Hewitt espouses the view that any articles of impeachment sent to the Senate by the House should be rejected--and he explains the mechanism for doing so. He also makes the argument for why this is the best approach, for the good of the Constitution and our republic. I'm going to present his arguments by combing the two article (which are both very much worth reading in their entirety. I know a lot of us are tempted by the idea of having it out in a big Senate trial, calling a million witnesses, etc. Hewitt himself confesses that he, too, is strongly attracted by that idea--and he presents the arguments in favor of that approach. Overall, however, I suspect that Hewitt has it right when he recommends a rejectionist approach.
UPDATED: What's The Principled Way For The Senate To Handle An "Impeachment"
UPDATED: What's The Principled Way For The…
UPDATED: What's The Principled Way For The Senate To Handle An "Impeachment"
During the past week Hugh Hewitt has written a pair of thoughtful articles on impeachment for the WaPo. Hewitt espouses the view that any articles of impeachment sent to the Senate by the House should be rejected--and he explains the mechanism for doing so. He also makes the argument for why this is the best approach, for the good of the Constitution and our republic. I'm going to present his arguments by combing the two article (which are both very much worth reading in their entirety. I know a lot of us are tempted by the idea of having it out in a big Senate trial, calling a million witnesses, etc. Hewitt himself confesses that he, too, is strongly attracted by that idea--and he presents the arguments in favor of that approach. Overall, however, I suspect that Hewitt has it right when he recommends a rejectionist approach.