Senate Can Start Trial Without Getting Impeachment Articles From House if One Theory is Correct: Professor

Constitutional scholar Noah Feldman of Harvard University arrives to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 4, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Senate can start a trial of impeachment against President Donald Trump without receiving articles of impeachment from the House if a legal theory being promoted by some constitutional scholars is correct, according to Harvard University professor Noah Feldman.

Feldman argued last week that until the House submits the articles to the Senate, Trump has not been impeached. The argument earned scorn from other constitutional scholars, who said Trump was impeached when the House approved the articles.