Now that the Article of Impeachment is now in the U.S. Senate’s hands, U.S. Senator James Lankford is joining U.S. Senator Rand Paul in questioning the constitutionality of the action. Rand brought up a “point of order” to determine if putting a former president on trial in the Senate is constitutional.
“This is not a trial; this is political theater. You cannot remove someone from office who is already out of office. In this trial there is no current President, no Chief Justice, and no possibility someone could be removed from office because they are not in any office. In a moment when our nation needs to unite, this trial will only create even deeper divisions,” said Lankford.
Paul and Lankford are highlighting parts of Article I and Article II to argue that only a sitting president can be tried in the Senate under the impeachment process.
Forty-five Republican Senators sided with Paul’s motion. That indicates there isn’t the required 67 votes to convict former President Trump.
