The Pennsylvania state Senate is beginning what could be a long and partisan process of considering whether to force Philadelphia Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner from office.
The Pennsylvania state Senate on Wednesday began what could be a long and partisan process of considering whether to force Philadelphia's Democratic district attorney, Larry Krasner, from office.
The Senate's Republican majority said the chamber's members are constitutionally bound to consider the impeachment articles. But minority Democrats say Republicans are unconstitutionally stretching the process past Wednesday's end of the legislative session and into a new two-year session. Krasner - a progressive civil rights lawyer who ran as an opponent of the death penalty, cash bail and prosecuting minor nonviolent offenses - was overwhelmingly reelected last year to a second four-year term. He calls his impeachment "pure politics" and an effort to subvert the will of Philadelphia voters, while Democrats call it an abuse of legislative power.
The vote to impeach Krasner in the Republican-controlled House was along party lines, except for one vote. A Senate vote to convict him - and force him from office - will require cooperation from Democrats, and Democrats have shown no willingness to cooperate. Krasner's impeachment vote came amid rising gun violence and homicides in the state's largest city, and disagreements between Krasner and police department brass over how to stem it. Krasner also has clashed with the city's police union - which supported his opponents in both of his campaigns - amid a slew of criminal cases involving charges against officers in the nation's sixth-most populous city.
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