[TheRealThing]

The House Democrats have always known that there is no chance that the Senate will convict and remove President Trump from office. IMO, the reason that they did not subpoena Bolton and other potential witnesses who were members of Trump's inner circle is that they were afraid that Trump's claim of executive privilege would have been upheld by the Supreme Court.

This way, Democrats get to complain that Senate Republicans are engaging in a cover up by not allowing Bolton and other close presidential advisers to be called as witnesses and then allege that Trump was acquitted because evidence was suppressed in the Senate.

I don't think that Democrats are giving impeachment a best shot because there is no case to be made. There is very little legal precedent for presidential impeachments, so I wonder how Chief Justice Roberts would respond to a motion to dismiss because no high crime or misdemeanor has been alleged. Democrats have failed to meet the Constitutional threshold for removing a president from office. I doubt that Roberts would grant such a motion, but judges entertain motions to dismiss charges in other types of trials.

Me and you both. I still don't know how to take him, especially after his "there are no Republican and no Democrat judges" declaration. I know that's how it's supposed to be, but as anyone with two brain cells that have said 'howdy' in the recent past knows, the stays imposed on the Trump Administration's efforts to enforce border law smack of liberal activism.