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In reply to the discussion: Laurence Tribe : the Senate can't require the House, to "immediately" whatever is [View all]FBaggins
(26,727 posts)The Senate does have the Articles. They're public. There is no rule that says "unless I hand it to you in 12-point Times New Roman font with one inch margins... and then recite 'One Two Three Four... I declare it now is Yours!' - you cannot exercise your power to try ALL impeachments". As I told Star, Pelosi can't say "play by my rules or I'll take my ball and go home" - because they make the rules for the trial AND they act as the judge when those rules are questioned.
Or, better put, there ARE "rules" that both House and Senate agreed to that detail the process from here... but they aren't binding on either party if one of them says "we won't be doing this step... so you can't do yours!".
We can say that it's "fake"... heck, we're already saying that. But we don't have the power to make it so in any legal sense. We can only shout it from the rooftops and hope that enough voters agree with us to blow out the 2020 elections.