impeachment-2021

COMMENTARY

Imagine some other president had ignored Congress’ plea for help. There would have been an instant conviction | John A. Tures

BY: - February 17, 2021

If Donald Trump had never run for president, and focused on his reality show, you would never ever say that future president should get off scot free.

Pa. Republicans weigh move to censure Toomey over impeachment vote

BY: - February 16, 2021

Toomey joined with all the chamber's Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., in the vote to convict Trump.

COMMENTARY

Trump’s impeachment lawyer, Bruce Castor, was not Pa.’s finest | Dick Polman

BY: - February 15, 2021

If the ultimate aim was to sway some Americans in the court of public opinion, suffice it to say that Castor was no Atticus Finch.

COMMENTARY

Trump’s acquittal is a sign of ‘constitutional rot’ – partisanship overriding principles | Analysis

BY: - February 14, 2021

The vote to acquit former President Trump for inciting the attack on the Capitol is a symptom of the dramatic decline of the U.S. constitutional system, which is being eroded from within.

Pa.’s Toomey, Casey vote to convict Trump for Capitol insurrection; Senate votes to acquit

BY: - February 13, 2021

In a statement after the vote, Trump blasted the impeachment process as “yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country,” and said that the movement he created “has only just begun.”

COMMENTARY

‘Is this America?’ A Black Capitol police officer’s question is what the Trump trial is all about

BY: - February 11, 2021

"Is this America?" the Black Capitol police officer asked. How that question is answered in the coming days is how history will judge us all.

‘Ours is a dialogue with history,’ Pa. Rep. Madeleine Dean says during Trump impeachment trial

BY: - February 10, 2021

Dean and her fellow House managers sought to convince senators Wednesday that Trump deliberately incited the riot and was not merely urging his followers to peacefully protest the election results.

Pa.’s Toomey, Casey vote to move Trump impeachment trial forward

BY: - February 10, 2021

Toomey said Tuesday evening that Trump’s attorneys “had a weaker case to start with, and I don't think it was very persuasive.”

What Pa.’s Toomey, Senate Republicans are saying about Trump’s impeachment trial

BY: - February 9, 2021

“I'm going to listen to the arguments on both sides and make the decision that I think is right,” Toomey said Sunday on CNN. 

Pa. Rep. Scanlon takes questions on COVID, Capitol riot, and schools during town hall

BY: - January 26, 2021

More than 3,250 constituents called into the town hall, according to her office, and about a dozen ultimately got a chance to ask a question.