14 October 2019

The Loophole

The Washingtonian published an interesting piece last week here about how, if Donald Trump is impeached, it isn't necessary for two-thirds of all Senators to vote to remove him.

It only requires a two-thirds majority of whomever is present to vote him out. So if ninety Senators show up, only sixty need vote to remove him. Or if eighty Senators show up to vote, only fifty-four are needed to remove him.

Voting "remove" will be very hard for Republican Senators to vote because they fear backlash from their base. Unless, of course, sentiment tilts further away from Trump now, as happened in the final months of Nixon's presidency.

The unanswered question is whether not showing up to vote would be as damaging as voting to remove.

Still, I have to say something like this happening seems like a long shot. It's not impossible, but I don't think we can count on it as being something with a strong chance of happening. Still, a lad can dream.

It is, nonetheless, an interesting idea.

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