Lin Wood, an attorney known for taking on major news publications in defamation cases, laid out the plan for outmaneuvering Nancy Pelosi on her withholding the articles of impeachment from the Senate.
The name Lin Wood should be familiar to everyone.
He is the lawyer who is representing Nick Sandmann pro bono in several huge lawsuits against the media over their defamation in the Covington Catholic fiasco.
Politico and the Washington post have published stories that Nancy Pelosi plans on sitting on the impeachment articles until the Republicans agree to a full and fair investigation in the Senate.
I also have a plan.
The Senate should vote on and pass the same rules Democrats in the House passed.
Pelosi, Schiff and Nadler claimed that their hearings were impartial and extremely fair, so adopting the very same rules should make the Democrats happy, right?
Mitch McConnell has proposed adopting the same rules the Democratic Senate passed in 1999.
No witnesses, no testimony, just a vote.
Here is what Lin Wood suggests:
- If House fails to timely deliver impeachment articles to Senate, @realDonaldTrump must immediately seek writ of mandamus from U.S. Supreme Court, ordering articles to be delivered. Constitutional process of impeachment mandates due process to the impeached, the President.
- Not only does Constitution mandate due process be afforded to the accused, @realDonaldTrump, the dispute between Executive & Legislative branches of our gov’t must be resolved with certainty by Judicial branch.
- Supreme Court must act. Such action will not be for or against @realDonaldTrump , it will only be FOR the document that is sole basis for our existence as a country, US Constitution. The chaos created by this dispute between 2 branches of gov’t threatens foundation of country.
- Dispute over impeachment of @realDonaldTrump between 2 branches is legally ripe for Judicial branch resolution as it threatens harm to US Constitution that is irreparable if allowed to occur. The voice of the Supreme Law of our country must be heard & obeyed.
- It is Constitutional DUTY of US Supreme Court to immediately intervene in dispute between Legislative & Executive branches over impeachment process arising from articles passed today by House to impeach @realDonaldTrump . Articles issued must now be tried & resolved by Senate.
- US Constitution requires Executive Branch (President) to execute law, Legislative Branch (Congress) to pass law, & Judicial Branch (US Supreme Court) to interpret law. If US Supreme Court refuses to act, NO Constitutional Branch of our Country can perform its required duties.
- To be clear, I presently support re-election of @realDonaldTrump , but my statements in 1- 6 are not made out of bias or partisanship. They are based solely on the truth of the law of our land the US Constitution, not on party affiliation or political support.
- The issue is NOT how US Supreme could or should rule on dispute. The issue is that US Supreme Court has a Constitutional duty to rule. Our Constitution demands a resolution by US Supreme Court. Our country is founded & based on rule of law. Our supreme law is US Constitution.
- IF House does not deliver articles for trial in Senate & IF US Supreme Court does not act at this time, @USSenate must force issue over articles of impeachment of @realDonaldTrump by taking action on its own authority. The issue must be forced to a resolution without delay.
