My attention has largely been elsewhere recently, so I've been more skimming articles and headlines on this recently. Still - or perhaps especially due to this - thanks for the roundup.
One thing that has come to my attention are some of the implications of a ruling on the "officer of the United States" question. As you mention, they're significant. I haven't considered them as much as I should, and I'm trying to decide whether it'd be wiser to carefully parse and ponder them before or after the Supreme Court releases its opinion here.
Also, I know perfectly well the feeling of "The Opinion Won't Write." Hopefully the justices have enough intellectual honesty to respond to that feeling appropriately.
I wish the Senate had removed Trump from office three years ago and mooted this whole issue... except even that wouldn't have mooted it, since impeachment only prevents someone from holding "any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States"!
My attention has largely been elsewhere recently, so I've been more skimming articles and headlines on this recently. Still - or perhaps especially due to this - thanks for the roundup.
One thing that has come to my attention are some of the implications of a ruling on the "officer of the United States" question. As you mention, they're significant. I haven't considered them as much as I should, and I'm trying to decide whether it'd be wiser to carefully parse and ponder them before or after the Supreme Court releases its opinion here.
Also, I know perfectly well the feeling of "The Opinion Won't Write." Hopefully the justices have enough intellectual honesty to respond to that feeling appropriately.
I wish the Senate had removed Trump from office three years ago and mooted this whole issue... except even that wouldn't have mooted it, since impeachment only prevents someone from holding "any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States"!