I see some excitement over the announcement about the House Judiciary Committeeās move next week and just canāt help but shake my head. This isnāt some bold new step so much as a grudging admission that the āhearings as a substitute for impeachmentā strategy is stalled. Every ākey witnessā has clammed up, all the ākey evidenceā is being locked down by exec branch stooges, and every ākey moveā has been met with a court challenge. And since itās being treated not as an impeachment proceeding, but an exercise of Congressā oversight powers, the courts are in no rush to rule on anything. If Pelosi and/or Nadler are signing off on this, itās because itās the only way they can hope to make their 2020 ācaseā for voters before 2020.