[grey_whiskers]

William Blount,

U.S. Senator from Tennessee

Impeached July 7, 1797, on charges of conspiring to assist in Great Britain’s attempt to seize Spanish-controlled territories in modern-day Florida and Louisiana

House Managers:

James A. Bayard, Sr.; Samuel W. Dana; John Dennis; Thomas Evans; William Gordon; Robert G. Harper; Hezekiah L. Hosmer; James H. Imlay; Thomas Pinckney; Samuel Sewall; Samuel Sitgreaves; John Wilkes Kittera

Dates of trial December 17, 1798–January 14, 1799

Charges dismissed for want of jurisdiction; Blount had been expelled from the U.S. Senate before his trial.

A little while later, Aaron Burr (yes, THAT Aaron Burr, as Vice President (president pro tempore of he Senate) presided over the impeachment trial of Samuel Chase.

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The Dems are saying, "They've impeached people other than the President before, so it's OK to impeach Trump."

But the only people where there was a Senate Trial, who weren't President, were STILL IN OFFICE.

So the only way they can say, well, we don't need the Chief Justice, is to say, he's no longer Presdent.

And there is Precedent that one cannot hold a Senate trial for one no longer in office; see above, and see also the Supreme Court's dismissal of the emolument suits against Donald Trump as moot because he is out of office.

[HarleyLady27]

And there is Precedent that one cannot hold a Senate trial for one no longer in office; see above, and see also the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the emolument suits against Donald Trump as moot because he is out of office.

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Thank you grey_whiskers... ;0)

[grey_whiskers]

Note: I could not find out who presided over William Blount’s Senate trial on short notice.

Maybe because of the dismissal on procedural grounds.

[WildHighlander57]

ThankQ, G_W !

[TrueFact]

” So the only way they can say, well, we don’t need the Chief Justice, is to say, he’s no longer Presdent.

And there is Precedent that one cannot hold a Senate trial for one no longer in office; see above, and see also the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the emolument suits against Donald Trump as moot because he is out of office.”

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Well said. It’s circular reasoning. Aka a ‘force fit’s. In law school one would be mocked and derided for such a ridiculous attempt at constitution analysis. Even in Rhetoric 101 it would draw ab F. “These people are stupid. “