I have read all the comments with interest, but I am, as they say, otherwise occupied. I am grading papers. I am almost done with the eleven that have come in, which will leave nine more. Being a professor is, I think, the best job in the modern world, all except the grading, which is a small thing to pay for a lifetime of freedom and leisure. Of course, in twelve days I will be eighty-six, officially retired now for eleven and a half years, so I have no one to blame but myself.
One thought before I return my nose to the grindstone: ignore the interviews with "typical" voters, forget the fantasies of seeing Lindsey Graham roast in Hell, it will all be decided by turnout. If we can sustain the momentum of 2018 and the by-elections of 2019, we will be all right.
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I would like to know the role of Roberts (in the Senate trial) who should declare McConnell ineligible as a juror given his expressed intent to employ "total coordination" with the White House.
If you need a break from grading papers, I encourage you and the others to read, or listen to (the audio is posted along with the text), Jeremy Scahill's interview with Daniel Jones - the principal behind the report on torture - having sifted through 6.3 million pages of classified info on the entire torture saga.
http://bit.ly/2ExXo7r
The Report, a motion picture, is now making the rounds.
I think it is required reading/listening for those interested in the contemporary bureaucracy (internal to the national security state) as it exists, one century and more post Weber.
You know with Trump thinking he is as great as Queen Elizabeth, recall what Mephistopheles said to Faustus: This is Hell,all around us and Sergeant X in Salinger's For Esme With Love writes this is Hell, from his quarters in liberated Germany
I think Marlowe and Sergeant X had it worse than us
so far
I paraphrase from memory
Yes, turnout will be important. That's the reason that the Right's strategy of late has been to disenfranchise people. Most recently:
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/12/16/headlines/judge_orders_234_000_names_purged_from_voter_rolls_in_wisconsin_key_battleground_state
Jerry,
As best I can tell - the books I have on impeachment don't say much about this - Roberts presides over the process but he can not disqualify any member of the Senate should House Managers move to have someone disqualified. Even if Roberts were to rule that McConnell should be disqualified that decision can be overturned by a majority vote. We are stuck with relying on the integrity of Senators to render fair and impartial judgement. Isn't that encouraging note upon which to start the day.
Other helpful resources, largely supporting what CJM, Ph.D., says above, include this recent CRS report: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46013 See p.50 and following. GPO's Constitution Annotated includes additional material about impeachment generally and the ongoing proceedings: https://constitution.congress.gov/ (bottom left).
Being a Professor is a great job. Today universities are staffed with "teachers" who are set up to fail by their employers. There are fewer "Professors" around, and so fewer great jobs. Enjoy yours while you can!
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