The Senate today voted largely along party lines to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment. The acquittal, in the simplest sense, is a declaration that the House of Representatives failed to prove its case. But it is also a statement of values by the Senate—an embrace of certain basic propositions about the president’s conduct, the House’s conduct in impeaching him, and its own responsibilities.At least in those circumstances in which the president and the majority of the Senate are of the same political party, the Senate has adopted the following propositions:It is not an impeachable offense for …read more
Source:: The Atlantic
