return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoAOC files articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alitowww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.14Karrow-down1external-linkAOC files articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alitowww.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareTolookah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoSo the law is that the sc presides over impeachment hearings in the Senate, once the house sends it over, can’t they just dismiss the case with prejudice?
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoImpeachment isn’t a criminal process, it’s a political one, the same rules don’t apply.
So the law is that the sc presides over impeachment hearings in the Senate, once the house sends it over, can’t they just dismiss the case with prejudice?
Impeachment isn’t a criminal process, it’s a political one, the same rules don’t apply.