Mitch McConnell could be key to derail impeachment train
September 29, 2019 | Victor Rantala
Seemingly lost in the leftist media’s celebration of House Democrats’ “impeachment inquiry†is the fact that the Constitution safeguards against a partisan majority in the House from engaging in a political stampede to unjustly remove a federal office holder.
Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the gatekeeper who holds the power to prevent any actual impeachment trial from ever taking place.
The Constitution details a two-stage process for impeachment proceedings. Stage one occurs in the House of Representatives with a public inquiry into allegations. Stage two consists of a trial in the Senate when called for.
Impeachment of any federal official is rare. The Legal Dictionary states: “From the passage of the Constitution … only 50 impeachment proceedings were initiated, and only a third of these went as far as a trial in the Senate. The reluctance of lawmakers to use this power is a measure of its gravity; it is generally only invoked by evidence of criminality or substantial abuse of power.â€
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