Originally posted by Cow Poke
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Which goes back to the Constitution giving them absolute authority to run it as they see fit.
“The Constitution stipulates that senators, when sitting on a trial of impeachment, “shall be on Oath or Affirmation” (Article III, section 3, clause 6). That oath is more specific than the general one to uphold the Constitution. Rule XXV of the Senate Rules in Impeachment Trials provides the text: “I solemnly swear (or affirm) that in all things appertaining to the trial of [in this case, Donald J. Trump] now pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws, so help me God.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-ho...o-help-you-god
The senate leader and others have specifically and publicly stated they will refuse to do so.
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