Opinion - Impeachment

[Publius]

Originally Posted by Kitsune9tails

Should it be an honest trial?

Yes.

However, both of these groups seem to agree on one very important thing: that the President will be acquitted...

Is it even possible for the Senate to put country ahead of partisan politics on this?

No.

Should they?

Yes.

ARE they?

No.

If they cannot, should politicians from both parties face penalties for not being able to do their jobs?

They would argue that they are doing their jobs. Their jobs are to represent their constituents. Their constituents might also believe they are doing their jobs. We don't actually have that strict of a definition of what the job of a Senator is.

Or should they speed through a sham trial and acquit the President so he can get back to <investigating corruption and/or soliciting election interference> thus avoiding spending more taxpayer money and mental bandwidth on what seems like a foregone conclusion?

It certainly is worth investigating. It's setting a lot of dangerous and arrogant precedents that will have important implications down the road, for sure. What they're doing right now is important. Not patriotic. Not honest. Not in our best interests. It's important though.

So was the Bolshevik Revolution.