UVA law professor breaks down Trumpâs second impeachment trial
UVA law professor breaks down Trumpâs second impeachment trial By Rachel Hirschheimer | February 9, 2021 at 5:44 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 7:23 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Former president Donald Trumpâs second impeachment trial is underway.
Members of the U.S. Senate will decide whether or not to impeach Trump on the charge of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
âThe first order of business is theyâre going to consider the question of whether the Senate even has jurisdiction to hold this impeachment trial. I think theyâre each given two hours to argue that case and then theyâll vote on that issue,â UVA law professor Charles Barzun said.
UVA law professor discusses the significance of President Trumpâs second impeachment
UVA law professor discusses the significance of President Trumpâs second impeachment By Rachel Hirschheimer | January 13, 2021 at 7:22 PM EST - Updated January 18 at 8:53 AM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - For the second time Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump.
âWhat matters is whether the Senate convicts him on the articles of impeachment brought by the House,â UVA law professor, Charles Barzun said.
President Trump is the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice.
âThese are unusual times. We live in constitutional times. None of this is at all normal. It might become the new normal and I hope not. These are exceptional circumstances that we are in now,â Barzun said.
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Senate Republicans are eyeing a possible loophole when it comes to President Trump s impeachment raise objections about the process.
By using objections to process as a basis for voting against impeachment or conviction, Republicans are finding a political middle ground. They avoid the potential political consequences of voting in favor of it, such as loss of support from the Trump-supporting voter base or public condemnation from other Republicans, while also avoiding being labeled by Democrats as apologists or enablers of Trump and the mob.
Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina each said Wednesday that it is unconstitutional to convict a former president on impeachment charges.