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The debate over whether the Senate can hear Trump s impeachment: An explainer
Salvador Rizzo, The Washington Post
Feb. 9, 2021
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges. This is not a trial of a president, but of a private citizen. . . . This proceeding . . . violates the Constitution. - Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in remarks on the Senate floor, Jan. 26, 2021 The theory that the impeachment of a former official is unconstitutional is flat-out wrong by every frame of analysis: constitutional context, historical practice, precedent and basic common sense. It s been completely debunked by constitutional scholars from all across the political spectrum. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in remarks on the Senate floor, Jan. 26, 2021