Unfortunately, impeachment was never meant to be an emergency action, but rather a long court case. The 25th amendment is supposed to be for those emergency moments but the VP is too cowardly to use it. As I posted earlier, it seemed like impeachment would be doomed anyways due to the Senate not being in session until Jan 20th unless all senators consented to gaveling back in. But the Washington Post reported that Schumer is considering invoking a lesser known rule that might be able to bring the Senate back without unanimous consent:
Also super angry that all these right-wingers are calling for calm and unity like they didnt just spend the past two months riling things up. As has been said before, there needs to be accountability before we can move on. I mean Trump still hasnt moved on from the election:Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) is exploring using an obscure, post-Sept. 11-era authority to reconvene the Senate as the House barrels toward a likely impeachment vote of President Trump this week, according to a senior Democratic aide.
In 2004, the Senate majority and minority leaders were given the power to bring the Senate back into session in times of emergency, and the senior Democratic aide said Schumer is exploring this option to allow for a potential impeachment trial for Trump to begin immediately after the House transmits the articles to the Senate. The aide spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss evolving party strategy.
Schumer’s exploration of this option is one way the incoming majority leader is rebutting an argument laid out by his counterpart, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who told GOP senators in a memo last week that it was virtually impossible to begin an impeachment trial before Jan. 19, which is when the Senate reconvenes.
Both McConnell and Schumer would have to agree to reconvene the Senate, putting pressure back on the outgoing majority leader to confront Trump as the House heads toward an impeachment vote this week for the president’s role in inciting the violent siege on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The resolution, which passed the Senate unanimously in February 2004, allows the chamber’s majority and minority leaders to reconvene at a time when, “in their opinion, such action is warranted by intervening circumstances,” according to a legislative summary.
What a sad, pathetic man.The White House official said the call was tense and aggressive at times, with Trump ranting about election fraud and an exasperated McCarthy cutting in to say, "Stop it. It's over. The election is over."
Meanwhile the feeling here in DC is weird. Something is in the air when I walk around, like everyone is on edge for next week. 10,000 troops will be arriving by the weekend. I do hope that nothing will come of all the threats, the maga cultists would have to be morons to try anything now.
To close for the evening, I really enjoyed this article on conservative victimhood by David Frum. The last conversation mentioned in the article is just so telling.
An ex-conservative friend of mine told me a story about a conversation she had with someone who remained much more active in the conservative movement. The active conservative had raged about “liberal elites” until finally my friend could stand it no longer: “You went to law school. Why aren’t you an elite?” The active conservative paused, reflected, and then answered, “Well, what do you want me to call the people I hate?”
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