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By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Folks, we need to clear up a thing or three about the U.S. Senate trial that awaits us next week.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump’s legal team is arguing that the trial is unconstitutional because a former president cannot be impeached. Hold on, ladies and gentlemen!<\/p>\n

Donald Trump vacated the U.S. presidency on Jan. 20. The House of Representatives impeached him a week earlier, on Jan. 13. The impeachment occurred one week after Trump incited a riotous mob to storm Capitol Hill, seeking to prevent Congress from fulfilling its constitutional duty to certify that President Biden won the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

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Do you see where I’m going with this? Talk of impeaching a “former president” misses the mark by a Texas mile. The House did not impeach someone who had already left office; Trump was still in office when the House delivered the “yes” vote on impeachment.<\/p>\n

So, let us remove impeachment from the discussion. It was done legally and constitutionally.<\/em><\/p>\n

What’s at stake is the Senate trial, which is a separate quasi-legal\/political function.<\/p>\n

What does the Constitution say about that? It says that the Senate has the sole authority to put a president on trial. A conviction can result in no punishment greater than removal from office, the document notes; that means, as I read it, that it can convict a former president and can establish in a separate vote whether that individual should be barred from seeking public office in the future.<\/p>\n

Let us cease conflating impeachment with the trial. The first event has happened. The second one will commence soon.<\/p>\n\n

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