Yah it can, but they have to wait till the state finishes counting overseas ballots and certify results. they might finish it before trump's term is over.....but it won't matter because they need the VP to break any tie anyway which puts you back till trump is out of office.
Buh Byeeeeeeeeeeee !!
umm the two senators from GA have not been seated yet because the results are not certified yet in GA.
Moscow Mitch is still technically in charge.
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Lost control as of the 20th. maybe 22nd if certification takes that long in GA
Buh Byeeeeeeeeeeee !!
Ossoff and Warnock probably won't be seated until near the end of the month. So for the time being, there will be 50 GOP senators, 46 Democrats, and 2 Independents who always vote Democratic. Georgia has until the 22nd to certify its elections, assuming no recounts are triggered (Which should be safe, since both GOP contenders conceded, and both are out of recount margins). So the Senate can seat them after that. Technically I think McConnell remains majority leader until the Senate holds another election of its leadership, which won't happen until after the Democrats have the votes to actually replace him (It is a mostly ceremonial process, but they do need the votes for it).
Anyway, I don't see trial in the Senate happening before the 22nd, so it is safe to say both Ossoff and Warnock will cast votes. Harris is irrelevant here, because they need a 2/3s majority, not a 50/50, so she can't vote.
I actually don't know if Roberts will preside. I think he won't, assuming the trial starts after the 20th, since the Chief Justice only presides over an impeachment of a sitting president. I am pretty sure Schumer will run the show, although McConnell might actually get it started on the 22nd or 25th.
I suppose this is as good a place as any:
British newsman adamboultonSKY interviewed MAGA loyalist ErinElmore — and she had a complete meltdown when he told her she’s living in an alternate reality.
I see this as McTurtle purging Trump from the Republican Party. Not Trumpism, just Trump.
Nope, he could totally do it without names. Plenty of precedent for that. Andrew Johnson pardoned all Confederate Army officers after the civil war. James Buchanan pardoned all Mormons who may have committed Sedition or Treason during the Utah War.
That second one is probably the most relevant one. Brigham Young, an American Citizen, led a large armed insurrection of other Americans against the US Army, attacking supply trains and conducting a guerrilla war. James Buchanan blanket pardoned everyone involved. In fact, the very first Presidential Pardons were under similar circumstances, where George Washington pardoned the leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion (Although those were named individuals).
So broad pardons for insurrections are VERY precedented in America, and certainly legally permissible.
I wouldn't count Trump's lawyers being aware of it. They seem pretty damn clueless. But yeah, American history has a lot of wierd messy chapters, and quite a few insurrections. Most of them actually have had a wide blanket pardon at the ending, and historically it was a pretty bad idea.
Without making any comment on the current Mormon Church, I will say Buchanan's pardon was an absolutely terrible idea. Brigham Young and his group were not remotely sorry, and both that group, and ESPECIALLY the fundamentalist offshoots teach the insurrection as a glorious victory. It is pretty directly responsible for the bizarre little cult compounds all over the west, which pop up on the news every once in a while when some 10 year old girl escapes or something. And of course we all know what Johnson's pardon of Confederates did.
Ok, this is wonderful. She throws out insane one-liners, and then (as indicated) loses her shit when accused of living in a different reality. And her location is pinned as Jupiter, FL - which really ought to be considered for the Trump LiEbrary. And the look on the interviewers face is just priceless.
Thank you for posting this.