Posted on 01/31/2020 8:00:18 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Chief Justice John Roberts doesn't seem to have the judicial acumen of a traffic court judge. During the course of the impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, Americans have now seen the chief justice have three historical strikes. Consequently, the Senate should immediately vote to have case dismissed, against President Trump. Our fairly elected president should be immediately acquitted of these most politically driven bogus charges in American constitutional history.
Strike one by John Roberts is simple, based on the conduct of his presiding over the trial. It is obvious that he has been over-the-top prejudiced against President Trump by not holding House Democrat managers accountable for their gross breach of decorum.
Early in the proceedings, Chief Justice Roberts invoked a precedent from 1905, using the word "pettifoggery," to establish decorum during the impeachment trial the Constitution makes him preside over.
Definition of pettifogger
1: a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable : SHYSTER
2: one given to quibbling over trifles
"I think it is appropriate for me to admonish both the House managers and the president's counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body," Roberts said. "One reason it has earned that title is because its members avoid speaking in a manner and using language that is not conducive to civil discourse."
Yet the chief justice of the United States allowed Chairman Nadler to call the president of the United States a dictator
"This is a determination by President Trump that he wants to be all-powerful, he does not have to respect the Congress, he does not have to respect the representatives of the people, only his will goes," said Nadler. "He is a dictator."
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“Why have a witness if the person is allowed to lie without penalty?”
I fell out of the chair when Schitt said that neither he or his staff had any contact with the Whistleblower.
Hardly a peep about it from the Republicans.
The whole thing is a joke. Saturday Night Live should do a skit with Justice Roberts up there reading questions submitted on an index card like The Great Carnac.
LOL!!!
Loaded question.
What do you reckon their answer would be???
Roberts had no business censoring questions either. Rand Paul’s question should have been read, I don’t care if it outs the Pope, it doesn’t matter. Rand Paul, as a US Senator in the US Senate in an impeachment trial had every right to ask that question.
Roberts seems to have been paying attention.
Based on watching the two days of questions, I would expect Schiff to say something like:
Thank you for the question. But first, let me respond to what White House counsel just said ... blah, blah, blah.
Obfuscation and misdirection.
Who was it who said: “Stroke of the pen: law of the land! Kinda cool!”?
There are many who believe Justice Roberts is being blackmailed. Considering his trips with his old college buddy, but minus his wife, methinks he, um, putts from the rough.
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