When it comes to convicting citizens of their potential crimes, it is decided either by a judge whose entire profession involves studying and interpreting the law to determine if it was broken, or by a jury of peers who are screened for bias, and informed by lawyers on the specific definitions of what crimes may have been committed.
When it comes to impeaching and removing a president, they mostly just have arguments by 2 groups of people who already exhibit an inherent bias, for the most part the votes are decided before the proceedings begin, people mostly ignore opposing views, and in the end everyone votes based on the outcome they want to see, and not any real truth about what has taken place.
Unfortunately/fortunately Nixon resigned before the hearing could take place. Republicans were supporting him until they saw the smoking gun. All analysis shows that, had he given congress the chance, they would have removed him from office. The burden of proof before congressman of the opposite party start voting for removal is HIGH.
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gianthooverpig on February 6th, 2020 at 06:00 UTC »
Is this to say that Mitt Romney is the first senator to vote to convict a president in his own party?
caveat_cogitor on February 6th, 2020 at 06:43 UTC »
When it comes to convicting citizens of their potential crimes, it is decided either by a judge whose entire profession involves studying and interpreting the law to determine if it was broken, or by a jury of peers who are screened for bias, and informed by lawyers on the specific definitions of what crimes may have been committed.
When it comes to impeaching and removing a president, they mostly just have arguments by 2 groups of people who already exhibit an inherent bias, for the most part the votes are decided before the proceedings begin, people mostly ignore opposing views, and in the end everyone votes based on the outcome they want to see, and not any real truth about what has taken place.
baron182 on February 6th, 2020 at 07:52 UTC »
Unfortunately/fortunately Nixon resigned before the hearing could take place. Republicans were supporting him until they saw the smoking gun. All analysis shows that, had he given congress the chance, they would have removed him from office. The burden of proof before congressman of the opposite party start voting for removal is HIGH.