Mitch McConnell could be key to derail impeachment train

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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.”

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Mark Levin was talking about this this morning on Fox.  (No video yet)

In essence he said because the full House did not vote on opening an impeachment inquiry (Pelosi didn't have the votes ... at best it would have been a tie) this is not an impeachment by the House of Representatives but an impeachment by one person ... Nancy Pelosi.

Such a deviation from historical norms opens the door for the Senate to decline to accept the charges and move forward with a trial.

I'll post the video (if and) when it's available.  Mark did a much better job of explaining this than have I.