Posted on 07/03/2007 11:11:13 PM PDT by tcrlaf
I know, but come on. You don't think he doctrine of due process will prevent a person from sitting as a judge over his own trial? Besides, I think the SC has original jurisdiction over this, so a dismissal can easily be appealed.
All I know is that them’s the rules. Apparently the Democrats aren’t thinking that far ahead.
Did you just say a Senate conviction of an impeaced govt official can be appealed to the USSC?
No, I did not say a conviction can be appealed to anyone. I am talking of your hypothetical scenario where a rogue Dick Cheney dismisses his own trial in the Senate. I think (about 90% sure) that rogue act can be appealed.
If other impeachment trials are unappealable, why should this one be?
Make that, ‘why should this one be appealable?’
It is only appealable in the case your hypothetical scenario of Dick Cheney dismissing his own case materializes. Otherwise, if the trial proceeds as intended, and reaches a conclusion (regardless of the verdict), it cannot be appealed.
I don’t know. You could be right, of course, but with no appellate machinery in place, I can’t see it being created ex nihilo. But like I said, it’s the Dem’s problem, innit?
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