Dec. 17, 2019
Senate rules of procedure for impeachment trials
Like a suitcase you had forgotten you had that falls from the top of a closet and hits you in the head, we have now become suddenly conscious of the fact that the Senate has in place a set of rules for conducting impeachment hearings. Adopted in 1986, they have been employed in the impeachment of various federal judges, and, in 1999, one president.
Charles S. Doskow
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
Email: dosklaw@aol.com
Harvard Law School
Charles is a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and in 2012 was awarded the chapter's Erwin Chemerinsky Defender of the Constitution award.
Like a suitcase you had forgotten you had that falls from the top of a closet and hits you in the head, we have now become suddenly conscious of the fact that the Senate has in place a set of rules for conducting impeachment hearings. Adopted in 1986, they have been employed in the impeachment of various federal judges, and, in 1999, one president.
Twenty-six (actually XXVI) in number, the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senat...
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