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To: grey_whiskers; Snowybear

From what the Constitution says:

The Senate’s Impeachment Role

The United States Constitution provides that the House of Representatives “shall have the sole Power of Impeachment” (Article I, section 2) and that “the Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments…[but] no person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present” (Article I, section 3). The president, vice president, and all civil officers of the United States are subject to impeachment.

My understanding is: 2/3 of PEOPLE PRESENT DURING VOTING...it doesn’t take 2/3 of the House and Senate as some think...

ALSO, my understanding is when Chief Justice Roberts was put into the Supreme Court, the Bush named him to lead the Court...that means he will preside...


1,450 posted on 01/13/2020 8:17:05 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"... "Let The Force be with YOU!!!"... Making America Great Again)
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To: HarleyLady27
My understanding is: 2/3 of PEOPLE PRESENT DURING VOTING...it doesn’t take 2/3 of the House and Senate as some think...

Yep.
House only takes a simple majority to impeach.
Senate is 2/3 of those present to convict.

That discussion was part of a "what if". As in, what if 6 RAT senators had to recuse themselves and we were trying to do the math about what 2/3 would be and then expanded on that ...
We stink at math :) ...
Robert's title is actually Chief Justice of the United States, duties of which is a tad more than leading SCOTUS.

Decent description here:
https://www.thoughtco.com/chief-justice-of-united-states-duties-3322405

Time for Pelosi to send peach-mint over...
1,540 posted on 01/13/2020 11:27:41 AM PST by stylin19a ((2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever))
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