KIT TATAD: Some will praise the Senate for having been able to start and finish an impeachment trial. Given the aborted Estrada trial of 2000-2001, this may appear to be an achievement. But not really. The Senate has shown it could convict an illegally impeached official by proclaming itself above the Supreme Court, acting on a constitutionally unverfiied complaint, and using illegally procured evidenceto prove a cime that is either not included in the Articles of Impeachment or not impeachable at all.
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