Following the U.S. Senate’s failed impeachment vote, lawmakers must establish a standard of proof required for all impeachment proceedings. Right now there is none, and senators, lawyers and nonlawyers alike deserve an established lens through which to view the evidence presented.

Standards of required proof are widely understood by the public at large, from the criminal “beyond a reasonable doubt” to the “clearly wrong” review of a referee’s call during an NFL game.

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