Nancy is trying to use the sole power she has now in this situation to try to rig the trial.

The most she can do is refuse to put the articles forward to senate

Which means the impeachment is dead

It is alive and dead.

Schrodinger's impeachment

The best part is.

The Democrats think a Impeachment resolution can happen now.

Despite the fact that they haven't fully impeached the president.

Oh please don't say they think Iran starting shit is another chance to impeach

No.

They are trying to make the Senate do their part.

While not completing theirs.

What exactly do they think Senate's "part" is?

To hold the trial.

They just think they can rig the trial.

You can't hold a trial over things that aren't crimes

That's why Clinton didn't go to jail

Well they could still remove him from office.

Adultery is just uncouth, not a crime

The problem is that just isn't going to happen.

Clinton resigned, they didn't have the power to remove him

Uhhhh

The trial needs to happen and they need to be found guilty to remove them from office

Well the Dems are trying to use constitutional murky water to make their case more impactful.

The problem is that one article of impeachment is just DOA.

They think it's murky, it's pretty clear water actually. They just hate what they see there

Obstruction of Congress can't be nor should be decided by Congress.

Yes

That is up to the courts.

Abuse of Power is a whole other thing.

It could be easily be rebuked by saying that abuse is subjective.

Abuse of power doesn't hold up either, since it's built on heresay from people who admitted to lying under oath

There should be no witnesses because the case rebukes itself.

We don't have a constitutional criteria for abuse of power.

We have the courts for such things.

This is the problem.

We can't allow a precedent for subjective impeachment articles to pass.

Because at that point, Democracy would break apart.

Every 2 years or less would result in a new impeachment.

The Dems don't care about democracy anymore

Well the problem will come when the very politicans that started this downward trend will be shot in the street for vengeance.