Impeachment Problem? Chief Justice Roberts May Not Have ...
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/01/impeachment...
Jan 17, 2021 ·
The Constitution says “[w]hen the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside” — but Trump will not be “the President” during the upcoming trial.
If Roberts refuses to preside at upcoming Senate trial as beyond his constitutional authority — as he should — that will render the “impeachment” trial not an “impeachment” trial at all.
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Who will preside over the Senate's impeachment trial?
https://dailysoundandfury.com/who-will-preside...
Jan 20, 2021 ·
The U.S. Constitution says that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court “shall preside” over trials of the President of the United States, but it does not specify what happens if the president has left office.
No ex-president has ever faced a Senate trial. The question is complicated by a legal text open to interpretation, and there is no consensus among constitutional scholars or ...
*******This makes me wonder if enough Republicans have the back bone to start impeachments of the Dems. like Nanzi; Chucky Cheese, etc...
And I don't know if there are enough Republicans have the backbone to do it...
If we can ‘impeach’ like this instead of ‘recalling the Representatives and Senators’ to their States to be removed, maybe we could start with RAT ROMNEY!!!
Just saw BTT that Sen. “Leaky” Leahy is presiding over the latest impeachment show.
Sen. Pat Leahy will preside over Trump’s Senate trial, not Chief Justice Roberts
https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/sen-leahy-to-preside-over-trumps-trial-not-chief-justice-roberts/
President Donald Trump’s Senate trial next month — rather than Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who presided over Trump’s first trial last year.
Leahy, 80, is the Senate president pro tempore and third in line of presidential succession. He will have the honor as a result of Trump no longer being president.
“The president pro tempore has historically presided over Senate impeachment trials of non-presidents,” the Democrat said in a statement.