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The House Judiciary Committee voted to approve a resolution in favor of formally launching an impeachment investigation at a Thursday morning vote, along party lines.
That would be a resolution in the House Judiciary Committee, the Hon. Adam Schiff presiding.
Not necessarily the full House.
So you are trying to say that the House Judiciary Committee has the authority to pass a resolution merely within their committee to authorize the House Judiciary Committee to conduct an inquiry? See how that doesn't make sense? Yeah, that's why that has never been how it has been done before. They've always had the actual House authorize the inquiry...and that's exactly what would take place this time if Pelosi wasn't afraid of the potential repercussions of having a legitimate process.
So you are trying to say that the House Judiciary Committee has the authority to pass a resolution merely within their committee to authorize the House Judiciary Committee to conduct an inquiry? See how that doesn't make sense? Yeah, that's why that has never been how it has been done before. They've always had the actual House authorize the inquiry...and that's exactly what would take place this time if Pelosi wasn't afraid of the potential repercussions of having a legitimate process.
That exactly!
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The House Judiciary Committee voted to approve a resolution in favor of formally launching an impeachment investigation at a Thursday morning vote, along party lines.
To be clear, the committee didn’t just vote to approve impeachment itself. Instead, they voted to approve a “resolution for investigative procedures” that will guide them through an “investigation to determine whether to recommend articles of impeachment” against President Donald Trump. In other words, it’s the very starting point — and a dry and technical one at that.
Generally, the opening of the official inquiry marks one of the first steps in the impeachment process and consists of House lawmakers gathering evidence, subpoenaing witnesses, and reviewing information about the president. It usually begins in the House Judiciary Committee.
That's not the house authorizing the committee, that's the committee trying to go around the house by authorizing themselves....which is an illegitimate way of doing it.
Perhaps you need to review literally every precedent if you think that the inquiry can be authorized legitimately by the committee alone and not the full House.
Now I'm sure they'll try to make the case that they can, but it's unlikely to hold up because it doesn't say that they are to be authorized by the committee, it says they are to be authorized by the House.....and it would be the SCOTUS making the final ruling if it came up.
It makes you wonder why they are going out of their way to do this in an illegitimate manner completely apart from literally every precedent....or it would make you wonder that if you weren't blinded by tribalism.
H.Res.581 - Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States.
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October 8, 1998.
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary, acting as a whole or by any
subcommittee thereof appointed by the chairman for the purposes hereof and in
accordance with the rules of the committee, is authorized and directed to
investigate fully and completely whether sufficient grounds exist for the House
of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach
An impeachment process against Richard Nixon began in the United States House of Representatives on October 30, 1973, following the "Saturday Night Massacre" episode of the Watergate scandal. The House Judiciary Committee set up an impeachment inquiry staff and began investigations into possible impeachable offenses by Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States. The process was formally initiated on February 6, 1974 ...
So between the time the process started and when formal impeachment proceedings began, more than 3 months had elapsed.
H.Res.581 - Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States.
Why would you post that when it undercuts your position?
I mean, yeah, that's what authorized the House Judiciary Committee to hold an official inquiry.....now post the House resolution authorizing the current alleged inquiry. Clinton's was passed 258 - 176, how about the current one? Oh wait, there never was one.
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