Isn't it moot? He was acquitted…
Pompeo signed a piece of paper saying he was accepting the judgment of the Senate into whatever record he's in charge of – the impeachment scam RE the two specific articles they brought is over, so any case on that impeachment scam is moot. If they bring a new one, sure, that would be a live controversy.
The next impeachment articles will have a different fact pattern, so I don't think it's "repetition," even though it's frivolous and stupid. Maybe I'm wrong, because I didn't stay at Holiday Inn last night.
I understood you the first time.
My point was, whatever impeachment articles they bring the next time and however they do it, the process and the articles will not be the same. Sure, if they follow the same no due process track, I guess you're right.
But the flip side is, what if they have a legitimate impeachment effort? That's what I meant. I'm not saying that will happen, but the Court's not going to step in then.
Like I said, if they try it again the same way, sure, but I think what I'm driving at is POTUS needed to file suit while this was going on…
lawfag, couple questions…
even if you're right on mootness (you prob are), isn't impeachment a quintessentially political question / non justiciable?
also, couldn't the president's lawyers have just moved the senate to dismiss, since they were sitting as a court? isn't that what SCOTUS would say?