Guys, I have a question. I am listening to the House Judiciary Impeachment Hearings on CSPAN. Why do they constantly move to "strike the last word"? WTF does that mean? Both sides do it to each other as soon as the speaker from the opposite side "yields back". Does "strike the last word" literally mean their words will be stricken from the record? On that note, does anybody know whether the public will ultimately be able to obtain written record of the hearing? If so, how? OK, I lied. That was more than one question. Lawfags, please weigh in.
Aha, thank you.
Thank you as well.
KEK!
‘I Move to Strike the Last Word’
You’ve heard this quite a bit in the House Judiciary Impeachment markup hearing.
Much obliged.
The Congressional Research Service notes the phrase, in this context,
really just means I’d like to speak now for five minutes.