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Can the U.S. Senate hold an impeachment trial if the House "passes" articles of impeachment but does not "transmit" them to the Senate?
After passing articles of impeachment against the President, Speaker Pelosi has announced she will not immediately send the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial.
What does this actually ...
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Who will be Georgia's senators from January 3rd 2021 until the results of the January 5th runoff elections are known?
The 20th amendment to the constitution of the USA states
The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at ...
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Does the Senate need supermajority or just a regular majority to prevent a convicted President from running for office again? [duplicate]
The Constitution allows the Senate to punish an impeached President with prevention from holding an important office in the future, do they need 2/3rds of the Senate to do this or 2/3rds for a ...
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Constitutional limits on the Standing Rules of the Senate
According to this comment by @RickSmith:
"Congress may not 'ignore constitutional restraints or violate fundamental rights, and there should be a reasonable relation between the mode or method ...
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