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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you who didn't read the entire crs report, I think this is the paragraph that shows how McConnell can do shenanigans: The Senate has not adopted standard rules of evidence to be used during an impeachment trial. The Presiding Officer possesses authority to rule on all evidentiary questions. However, the Presiding Officer may choose to put any such issue to a vote before the Senate. [b]Furthermore, any Senator may request that a formal vote be taken on a particular question.[/b]33 Final arguments in the trial will be presented by each side, with the managers for the House of Representatives opening and closing.34 [/quote] But, when it is the President or VP on trial for Impeachment, the Constitution says the Chief Justice shall preside, so the Presiding Officer in this case will be the Roberts, not Mitch. The Senate would violate the Constitution if they took all presiding powers away from the Chief Justice by calling their own votes on everything in his purview. The only way for the bolded sentence to be constitutional is if the PO can grant or deny the "request," and of course the plain language of the rule says just that. So, while the Senate might want to ask for every little thing to be put to a vote, Roberts can say no and get on with it. It will be up to Roberts to control those kinds of partisan shenanigans, which have no place in a trial.[/quote]
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