Source: The UnPopulist
by Andy Craig
“The Constitution’s ‘indispensable’ remedy for a lawless president has been attempted four times and has never once succeeded. … The problem suggests a fix as simple as it is unglamorous: let the Senate vote on impeachment verdicts by secret ballot. Here is how it would work. On the final question of guilt under each article, senators would vote by secret ballot, with only the totals announced. Each senator’s vote would still be recorded and entered on the Senate Journal, as the Constitution requires. But that portion of the Journal would be sealed, published only after some reasonable length of time, such as 10 or 20 years. History gets the names. The president’s immediate ability to inflict political—or physical—punishment does not.” [editor’s note: Once that “sealing” precedent was established, how long would it be before the public could only know how “their representatives” had voted on ANYTHING until long afterward? – TLK] (10/05/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/a-democratic-senate-should-adopt