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In reply to the discussion: Impeachment Inquiry is underway [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)43. Again, whatever ...
It's obvious that although you really don't understand any of this, you are certain of your superior knowledge and impervious to learning anything and I'm not in the mood right now to waste my time explaining it to you for the umpteenth time only to have you continue arguing nonsense.
Maybe I'll come back to you later...
In the meantime, maybe you can answer those questions you keep ignoring
Since you want to argue law and legal strategy, do it like a lawyer ...
Test your argument by playing it out as lawyers are trained to do:
1. If the House opened an official impeachment inquiry tomorrow, what would be the next three steps the Judiciary Committee would take to get these people [Hocks, McGahn, Lewandowski, etc.] to testify?
2. How will your "more clout with the courts rule" play into each of these steps to ensure they will testify?
3. What would the timeframe be for each step and how long would it take to get from the first step to their testimony?
4. Compare it to the processes and time-frames for proceeding outside of impeachment and explain how much faster each step would be if done within an impeachment and the legal basis for the expedited timeframe
And please show your work . . .
Test your argument by playing it out as lawyers are trained to do:
1. If the House opened an official impeachment inquiry tomorrow, what would be the next three steps the Judiciary Committee would take to get these people [Hocks, McGahn, Lewandowski, etc.] to testify?
2. How will your "more clout with the courts rule" play into each of these steps to ensure they will testify?
3. What would the timeframe be for each step and how long would it take to get from the first step to their testimony?
4. Compare it to the processes and time-frames for proceeding outside of impeachment and explain how much faster each step would be if done within an impeachment and the legal basis for the expedited timeframe
And please show your work . . .
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If they defy court orders, they'll be in contempt of court - different than being in contempt
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#24
Thanks for the run down on the legal aspects, StarfishSaver in your two posts. Needed. NT
emmaverybo
Jul 2019
#32
"The mob takes the Fifth Amendment. If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?"
lagomorph777
Jul 2019
#39
An impeachment inquiry isn't defined by whether or not it actually result in impeachment
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#7
No -- not to start an inquiry. They could be the FRUIT of an inquiry, not the seed. n/t
pnwmom
Jul 2019
#25
Yes! Yay! Crossed a threshold to investigate under possibility of exercising Article I powers
Mersky
Jul 2019
#28
I also wonder why the democrts move so slow, especially considering the stakes of not doing anything
triron
Jul 2019
#37
My guess is they want the process to spill over into 2020; a lot closer to the election.
patphil
Jul 2019
#47
yep. Pundits tend to be showoffs - their actual ignorance not withstanding. n/t
MFGsunny
Jul 2019
#57
That was fast! I just called my Rep. two hours ago and asked her to support an inquiry.
OMGWTF
Jul 2019
#48
Here's the petition formally announcing in DC federal court the impeachment inquiry....
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2019
#53
It must be an impeachment inquiry if we are to have any chance of getting grand jury info.
SunSeeker
Jul 2019
#54
No, Nadler didn't say his committee had opened "de facto" investigation - The headline writer did
StarfishSaver
Jul 2019
#75