'The Constitution asks them to remember that they are not sitting as senators, but now as judges and jurors,' professor Jeffrey K. Tulis said.
After Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently confirmed that he will conduct President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial in full accordance with the White House's wishes, a government professor said the senator will be acting"in literal violation of the oath" he will be required to take at the start of the trial.
McConnell's remarks have drawn fierce criticism from Democrats who have condemned him for failing to act impartially and openly gaming the process to ensure Trump's acquittal. In a recent, Jeffrey K. Tulis, a professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas, slammed McConnell's actions as"anti-Constitutional" and asserted that the senator will be"in literal violation" of the impeachment oath he will have to take before the trial begins.
Although all senators must swear an oath to protect the Constitution when elected to Congress, the oath for an impeachment trial is different."It is a juror's oath and a judge's oath—not a legislator's oath," Tulis wrote.
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