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The only special rules, Constitutionally speaking, are that

Posted on: January 31, 2020 at 09:22:42 CT
ummmm MU
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the Chief Justice presides and that 2/3rds of the votes are needed to take action and remove.

Precedent shouldn't trump the plain meaning of the Constitution, and there's no exception to the VP breaking equal divisions of the Senate.
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So the constitution doesn't actually state - Sal MU - 1/31 09:08:08
     RE: So the constitution doesn't actually state - MOCO SON MU - 1/31 10:33:54
     * - DollarSigns MU - 1/31 09:39:14
     The presiding officer breaks the tie - raskolnikov MU - 1/31 09:22:42
          RE: The presiding officer breaks the tie - MOCO SON MU - 1/31 10:45:51
          What "evidence?" - Alferd Packer MU - 1/31 09:57:17
          Where does it say that the presiding officer breaks a tie? - DHighlander NWMSU - 1/31 09:36:00
               Try reading the posts - raskolnikov MU - 1/31 09:57:25
                    Tie vote is your last hope. - Alferd Packer MU - 1/31 10:00:16
                    It's not his choice (nm) - Sal MU - 1/31 09:59:29
                    it isn't wholly up to him - ashtray UF - 1/31 09:58:26
          RE: The presiding officer breaks the tie - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:24:11
               Be careful arguing against raskputin. The law of - hokie VT - 1/31 09:27:55
                    RE: Be careful arguing against raskputin. The law of - raskolnikov MU - 1/31 09:29:35
                         A governing truth of Tigerboard - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/31 09:31:25
                              Give him a break because... - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:32:06
                                   Wrong so often you don't even count, but stiil a coward(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 1/31 09:36:20
                                        RE: Wrong so often you don't even count, but stiil a coward(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:37:13
                         Of course you do. You’re VERY smart. Right, everyone? Nm - hokie VT - 1/31 09:31:23
                         RE: Be careful arguing against raskputin. The law of - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:29:54
                              Power of your rhetoric blisters. Coward(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 1/31 09:31:34
                                   RE: Power of your rhetoric blisters. Coward(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:32:18
                                        You're a coward boy - and you use another man's work to try - raskolnikov MU - 1/31 09:58:41
          there is no cover up - Sal MU - 1/31 09:23:24
               You're wrong, just flat wrong and I never said - raskolnikov MU - 1/31 09:29:11
                    The House managers have repeatedly claimed that they have - DHighlander NWMSU - 1/31 09:41:05
                    The House decided they did not wish to pursue this - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/31 09:30:07
                         More cover-up for the cowards - raskolnikov MU - 1/31 09:32:57
                              RE: More cover-up for the cowards - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:33:11
                    RE: You're wrong, just flat wrong and I never said - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:29:29
                         Is that your king? L'etat, c'est Trump(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 1/31 09:30:46
                              RE: Is that your king? L'etat, c'est Trump(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:31:08
     VP does not preside over impeachment. The Chief Justice - MrBlueSky MU - 1/31 09:20:40
          The VP is still the President of the Senate - Sal MU - 1/31 09:22:20
               NOT IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL !! - raskolnikov MU - 1/31 09:25:13
                    Read the constitution (nm) - pickle MU - 1/31 10:04:55
                    RE: NOT IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL !! - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:27:51
                    what evidence is that? (nm) - Sal MU - 1/31 09:26:22
                    that still doesn't mean Roberts automatically breaks a tie (nm) - ashtray UF - 1/31 09:25:55
                         Correct, but he can and a Chief Justice has before (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 1/31 09:26:32
                              RE: Correct, but he can and a Chief Justice has before (nm) - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:27:16
                              Sure, but the GOP won't let him (nm) - Sal MU - 1/31 09:27:05
                              he can if the Senate allows it (nm) - ashtray UF - 1/31 09:26:55
                    RE: NOT IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL !! - hefeweizen MU - 1/31 09:25:51
               VP has nothing to do with impeachment, according to the - MrBlueSky MU - 1/31 09:24:13
                    I said he wasn't involved with impeachment (nm) - Sal MU - 1/31 09:25:01
     according to the Constitution, the Senate decides their - ashtray UF - 1/31 09:20:16
          I'm guessing the GOP won't want Roberts - Sal MU - 1/31 09:21:17
               no way in hell they would - ashtray UF - 1/31 09:22:19
     The VP does not have a role in an impeachment trial - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/31 09:10:12
          read the constitution. it’s “ordinary” business - pickle MU - 1/31 09:24:37
          The Constitution doesn't say anything about "ordinary - ummmm MU - 1/31 09:12:33
               Impeachment has a special set of rules for those sitting - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/31 09:19:19
                    Read the constitution. I’ve posted it numerous times (nm) - pickle MU - 1/31 09:25:30
                    The only special rules, Constitutionally speaking, are that - ummmm MU - 1/31 09:22:42
                         Yes there is - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/31 09:24:20
                              For the Senate, but the constitution doesn't say - Sal MU - 1/31 09:25:58
                                   No, the Senate does indeed make those rules - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/31 09:26:46
                                        “Constitutionally speaking” (nm) - pickle MU - 1/31 09:36:30
                                        That's what we are all saying (nm) - Sal MU - 1/31 09:27:21
                              "Constitutionally speaking" (nm) - ummmm MU - 1/31 09:25:20
                              rules set by the Senate - ashtray UF - 1/31 09:24:52
                                   They Senate is given the authority to do that(nm) - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/31 09:25:31
                                        yes (nm) - ashtray UF - 1/31 09:26:24
                    yes, the VP has a conflict of interest - ashtray UF - 1/31 09:21:44




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