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It’s unclear if Republican senators would be able to stall an impeachment trial

by James Wallner
Sept 28, 2019
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issues: Federal Government Affairs, Governance, Restoring the First Branch
originally published in The Week
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This is wrong. The rules allowed the Senate to not act on Garland (they also allowed any senator to force a vote in relation to that decision). The rules do not allow Senate to ignore impeachment. That would require new rules. New rules require a vote.

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