• dhork@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    In those impeachment, though, he had the protection of 40+ Republican Senators who were afraid of how voting against their guy would affect their reelection. Here, his fate is being decided by 12 Manhattanites who have never met him and have been instructed to set aside their personal opinions on the matter.

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      5 months ago

      and have been instructed to set aside their personal opinions on the matter

      I know there’s a jury selection process for this but I feel like it would still be difficult to do