Impeachment defense strategy takes shape.

SENATE DOES NOT WANT TO SET PRECEDENT OF ENCOURAGING FRIVOLOUS IMPEACHMENTS

NO HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS

Now that the House has finally sent their impeachment complaint to the Senate, we are seeing indications as to how the defense will respond.

It is being made clear by many Senate leaders that they do not want to set a precedent of impeachment becoming a routine political weapon in the future. Many view the vague nature of the articles as a partisan attempt to negatively taint a sitting president to influence the coming election. It is very likely that they will  resist treating this present impeachment as a serious constitutional remedy. 

We will likely see this play out by letting the House managers make their case for impeachment. Then there will be a lesson by Professor Dershowitz concerning the definition of a high crime or misdemeanor. What was the purpose of impeachment and that it was never to be considered by a partisan vote in the House. We will see much of the history of impeachment and why in over 240 years no president has yet been removed from office.

Then we will see the defense team dissect the process engaged in by the House leaders. We will hear their defense that all actions concerning the Ukraine are legal and established by precedent of all past presidents. I would expect it will be thorough and convincing. It is the first time in this whole process that the president will get a serious defense of this whole affair.

Finally you can expect that there will be a motion for a vote. It is hopeful that it will be affirmed and this dirty bug will be squashed on the Senate floor. It is essential to set the precedence of discouraging the bringing of frivolous partisan impeachments to the Senate. This result would truly be a defense of the constitution and democratic process.

Of course, we will hear the usual weeping and gnashing of teeth by the democrats and the media. They will scream cover-up and pre-judgment by the Senate. 

There will likely be no witnesses called and any more action in the Senate would give this partisan process more seriousness than it deserves.

It will be great that the 100 Senators will not be allowed to speak, they will have to submit their questions in writing. We can be thankful that we will be spared any grandstanding by Senators with empty long winded show oratory. It is in the best interests of the country, the candidates for president on both sides, and the future of the presidency that we put this fiasco behind us and allow the voters to decide in November 2020.