The Presidency of Donald J. Trump v5.0: ORANGE Gettin' PEACHed, Nation Goes PEANUT BUTTER & BANANAS

wheatrich · December 5, 2019, 5:26pm

usually the parties strike a deal on length before hand but yeah there’s no reason for R’s to not agree and immediately reneg on that when it starts.

otatop · December 5, 2019, 5:27pm

I can’t tell if he thinks these are related or if he’s just throwing shit out there.

dbvm · December 5, 2019, 5:36pm

My money is on just throwing shit out there.

Bigoldnit · December 5, 2019, 5:36pm

Right. And more fundamentally, the fact that Roberts can be overruled gives Rs leverage in all of these preliminary negotiations. If there was more clarity that, say, in the absence of a Senste rule to the contrary, the trial had to be governed by federal rules of evidence, the Ds and the Rs would both understand what the rules would be if they couldn’t reach a negotiated agreement. But as things stand now, I think the Rs have more leverage because the rules are so ambiguous and, in many cases, subject to a majority vote without many other constraints.

realDonaldTrump · December 5, 2019, 5:38pm

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microbet · December 5, 2019, 5:38pm

Is anyone even entertaining the notion that Trump will be removed by the Senate? Anyone?

RiskyFlush · December 5, 2019, 5:38pm

If you’re suggesting we let Kanye preside as Chief Justice, I suggest you start a petition. I’ll be the first to sign.

boredsocial · December 5, 2019, 5:41pm

Not unless the polls give them permission no. I’m quite certain that most of them would personally LOVE to vote to remove and take great satisfaction from it… but not for the right reasons or anything lol.

He’s made an awful lot of people on his own side eat shit every day for years at this point. They will never ever sacrifice anything to do it though, so honestly most of the scenarios where they vote to convict I’d probably wish that they wouldn’t for similarly selfish political reasons.