Impeachment trial will kick off with battle over witnesses- Schumer: "We expect that we will have votes on these witnesses on Tuesday but can't be sure until we see the resolution that McConnell has put together." https://t.co/9VEVAoosdD via @politico
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GAO says White House violated the law in withholding Ukraine aid…
Another part of the cascade of bad news for the Trump administration.
Impartiality…
Which raises the question: How can senators in good conscience take this solemn oath on Thursday when many of them have already decided whether the president is guilty or not?
The answer as I see it after studying the trial rules and talking to various constitutional scholars is this: In this setting, impartiality is subjective, and even if senators were to break their own version of the oath, there’s nothing holding them to it.
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Serious implications…
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Virginia General Assembly passes the Equal Rights Amendment…
Virginia will be the 38th state to pass the amendment.
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a state of emergency on Wednesday that bars any weapons from the Richmond’s Capitol Square from Friday to Tuesday, after he received credible intelligence that hate groups and armed militias are planning violence at next Monday’s Lobby Day against gun control legislation.
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Impeachment moves forward…
Impeachment managers…
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