Posted on 07/29/2019 8:51:56 AM PDT by Libloather
At a presidential impeachment, the Chief Justice is the judge. Yes, the Senate is the jury. There were some rumblings online whether the CJ could issue summary judgment for the accused (declare the President had not committed high crimes and misdemeanors).
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