13358215, whoa. did anyone know a pres can be retried by a new senate?? (swipe)
Posted by kfine, Thu Dec-05-19 11:39 AM
https://twitter.com/neal_katyal/status/1202594066942353409
@neal_katyal
Impt note on future: If the Senate doesn’t vote to convict Trump, or tries to monkey w his trial, he could of course be retried in the new Senate should he win re-election. Double jeopardy protections do not apply. And Senators voting on impeachment in the next months know this.
@KennethBaer Replying to @neal_katyal
If impeached and removed, could he run again?
@neal_katyal
The senate has the option of disqualifying him from future office holding. That’s a separate vote. In the constitution itself. My book goes into detail on it.
^^^Sorry if somebody already posted somewhere, but wow. I had no idea the law was set up this way.
Kind of sheds a whole new light on the power in even a weak Dem electoral outcome (eg. winning Sen but not WH).
Props to the Framers lol
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