“TOO SCARED TO DO THE RIGHT THING” by Jeff Crouere, ©2020 (May 24, 2020) — During his 20 years in the U.S. Senate, Jeff Sessions was a solid conservative who was right on issues such as stopping illegal immigration. He was the first U.S. Senator to endorse Donald Trump for President and was rewarded with […]
“NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 5, 2020) — Within an hour of The Post & Email’s publication of an editorial excoriating Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his comments directed by name to two U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday, a member or staffer of that chamber accessed the article. […]
“AN ACT OF CONVICTION” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 5, 2020) — Just after 2:00 p.m. EST, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced on the Senate floor that he will vote affirmatively to remove President Trump from office. “My vote is an act of conviction,” Romney said. His remarks came during the final day of floor time […]
MEMBERS TO MAKE FINAL STATEMENTS by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 4, 2020) — At approximately 9:00 AM EST on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced he will be delivering remarks about the Senate’s impeachment trial for President Donald Trump at 9:30 AM. “At 9:30am, I will speak on the Senate floor about the president’s impeachment […]
FINAL VOTE FEBRUARY 5, 4:00 P.M. by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 3, 2020) — On Friday, the U.S. Senate adjourned for the weekend until Monday morning, when House Impeachment Managers made their final arguments for conviction and removal from office, and President Trump’s defense team offered its closing arguments for acquittal. Monday’s session went through 3:00 […]
FINAL: 51-49 by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 31, 2020) — 5:37 p.m. EST- During a roll-call vote on the question of whether or not to call witnesses to the Senate in its impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, first-term U.S. Senator from Utah and 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) voted “aye.” Romney was considered one […]
“WITNESSES AND DOCUMENTS” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 31, 2020) — At approximately 1:17 p.m. EST, the Senate trial of President Donald J. Trump resumed with four hours of deliberation over whether or not “witnesses and documents” will be called for over the coming days. On Wednesday and Thursday, Senators submitted written questions to the presiding […]
“THAT’S NOT WHAT THE FRAMERS HAD IN MIND” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 17, 2020) — In an interview on Friday night’s “Hannity,” Harvard Law School Prof. Emeritus Alan Dershowitz announced he will be presenting oral argument during the Senate’s trial on the two Articles of Impeachment against President Trump generated by the House of Representatives […]
“THE IMAM OF IMPEACHMENT” January 16, 2020 Dear Friends and Colleagues: In all my adult life (and I’ve been around awhile), I cannot recall a more vile sentiment from one in a “leadership” role within our wonderful country, than the latest sentiment of the current Speaker of the House. She is PROUD to announce that […]
“IMPARTIAL JURORS” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 16, 2020) — As reported earlier, at approximately 2:08 p.m. EST, the Senate “Escort Committee,” consisting of four U.S. Senators appointed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, entered the Senate chamber followed by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts for their swearing-in for the impeachment trial of […]
CHIEF JUSTICE TO BE SWORN IN LATER by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 16, 2020) — At 12:21 p.m. EST, House Intelligence Committe Chairman and House impeachment manager Adam Schiff finished reading the Articles of Impeachment approved by the House of Representatives on December 18. The Articles say that Trump abused his power in his dealings with […]
“THE REPUBLIC IS WORTH SAVING” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Jan. 10, 2020) — When rational thought prevails, irrational schemes crater. Such is the result of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “hanging tough” against the juvenile antics of Shrieker of the House Nancy Pelosi. McConnell refused to dance the Pelosi Polka, causing her to fold like […]
THE U.S. SENATE VS. “THE PELOSI POLKA” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Jan. 6, 2020) — Well, well, well. Maybe it is just a coincidence, but the statement yesterday morning by Senator Lindsey Graham tracks very closely the tactic posited by Ren Jander here and by your faithful servant here. Whether or not Senators Mitch McConnell […]
“FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2019 (Dec. 24, 2019) — Ren Jander may be on to something with his recent post positing that, as a matter of constitutional law – backed up by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993) – the U.S. Senate need not […]
“THEY CAN END IT NOW” by Ren Jander, ©2019 (Dec. 22, 2019) — The United States Supreme Court – in a 9-0 holding – unequivocally ruled that no trial is required for the Senate to acquit, or convict, anyone impeached by the House of Representatives. Even liberal Justices Stevens and Souter concurred in the ironclad […]
“OUST THE TERMITES” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2019 (Dec. 22, 2019) — As explained in greater detail below – this paragraph being only an executive summary – your faithful servant proposes a New Year’s Resolution for 2020. The resolution suggests that all rational American voters of any political persuasion resolve to vote out of office and […]
WILL “IMPEACHMENT” GO FORWARD? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 19, 2019) — Following an all-day floor debate on two Articles of Impeachment passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi adjourned the House for the Christmas break on Thursday afternoon without sending the Articles to the Senate, as the Constitution […]
SAYS VOTERS CAN “IMPEACH ALL OF THEM COME NEXT NOVEMBER” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 18, 2019) — In an interview with Steve Doocy during the second hour of “Fox & Friends” Wednesday morning, House Judiciary Committee member and former federal prosecutor John Ratcliffe (R-TX4) said that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and all her […]
IN TEN MINUTES by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 13, 2019) — In a strict party-line vote on Friday morning, the House Judiciary Committee led by Chairman Jerrold Nadler voted affirmatively on two Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump. The vote took place without preamble beginning at 10:02 a.m. Nadler had abruptly adjourned an all-day hearing […]
IS HOUSE DEMOCRATS’ “MENDACIOUS IMPEACHMENT FOLLY” DOOMED TO FAIL? by Joseph DeMaio, ©2019 (Dec. 10, 2019) — Jerrold Nadler, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee now pursuing impeachment against President Trump, is now on record as claiming that the case against the president is so strong that “if presented to a jury, would be […]