Attempt to censure Adam Schiff is errant, arrant nonsense
by Quin Hillyer
| October 21, 2019 02:03 PM
I bow to nobody in my criticism of the way House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff is conducting the presidential impeachment investigation. But the planned attempt by House Republicans to officially censure Schiff is a dishonest waste of time.
The resolution against the California Democrat is misguided because it cheapens the power and meaning of censure. It also flagrantly misstates the case against him.
In an age when a sense of public shame is vanishing, much of the American public might not understand the importance of official censure. In the House of Representatives, censure is the harshest punishment short of actual expulsion that members can inflict upon their fellows. It requires the offending member to stand in the House chamber as official charges are outlined against him and the vote against him is tallied. Back when shame meant something, censure was a nearly mortifying penalty.
more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/attempt-to-censure-adam-schiff-is-errant-arrant-nonsense
