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Jumping the Gun: If CJ Roberts Recuses, Would Clarence Thomas Preside Over A Senate Trial? [vanity]
10/29/19 | vanity

Posted on 10/29/2019 10:53:35 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6

As Chief Justice, John Roberts appoints the FISA judges, whose fraudulently-obtained surveillance approvals are central to the coup against President Trump. While I remain convinced that the House will not impeach him, if that were to occur it seems inevitable that Roberts would be a material witness and would recuse himself.

While normally the Vice President presides over the Senate, he would have an obvious conflict of interest in this instance. So, the Constitution stipulates that the Chief Justice must preside over any impeachment trial of a President, but it is silent about any succession were he to be unavailable. The most senior of the remaining justices is the logical successor, and that is Clarence Thomas, who took his seat in 1991.


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1 posted on 10/29/2019 10:53:35 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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To: TexasGurl24; henkster

Interested in your take.


2 posted on 10/29/2019 10:54:59 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

That would be hilarious. Who would wipe the drool and wake her up when it is over?


3 posted on 10/29/2019 10:55:41 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

There is no enforcement mechanism if he refuses to recuse. Where would such an appeal be heard?


4 posted on 10/29/2019 11:04:16 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

RBG is in awful fragile condition and couldn’t be put to daily taskings like this.

But even if you bring in Clarence Thomas...I wouldn’t say that he’s in perfect shape and this would be awful hard on him. It would be a shame if you got weeks into such an event, and Thomas had a heart attack in the middle of this.


5 posted on 10/29/2019 11:06:28 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Hebrews 11:6

He can recuse. The Constitution requires that the Chief Justice preside, and does not give any other options.


6 posted on 10/29/2019 11:09:23 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Judas Roberts is owned lock, stock , and barrel head by the Democrat Party. He will do as they say.


7 posted on 10/29/2019 11:11:00 AM PDT by sport
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To: aynrandfreak

Agreed. There’s also no such mechanism within the Court itself. Kagan refused recusal in the Obamacare case although she helped draft it before joining the Court, iirc.


8 posted on 10/29/2019 11:12:22 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Roberts will not recuse himself and will preside over the Senate trial.


9 posted on 10/29/2019 11:20:30 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Hebrews 11:6

OK....A stupid premise generating an even more inane question.


10 posted on 10/29/2019 11:20:33 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6

Thanks for contributing.


11 posted on 10/29/2019 11:22:00 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: sport

Exactly. Why would a liberal Bush appointee recuse himself when he would have such an opportunity?


12 posted on 10/29/2019 11:22:49 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Here’s a question.

If the judge might have to recuse themselves....

Why wouldn’t members of the jury (all the Senators) have to recuse themselves for having pronounced guilt or innocense before the trial even begins??????

Like Warren, Booker, etc.


13 posted on 10/29/2019 11:30:26 AM PDT by gandalftb
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To: gandalftb

Recusal is a personal decision, not an imposed requirement. While I recognized your question as rhetorical, I wanted to articulate that anyway.


14 posted on 10/29/2019 11:36:44 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

The never discussed elephant in the room is why did Dubya appoint Robert’s chief Justice instead of Clarence Thomas


15 posted on 10/29/2019 11:46:33 AM PDT by advertising guy (When they told Jerry Nadler he had a flesh eating disease , they gave him 87 years to live)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Roberts will not recuse himself.

I never cease to be amazed how some people let their imaginations run away with them.


16 posted on 10/29/2019 11:49:45 AM PDT by be-baw
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Does the Constitution explicitly allow for an associate Justice to sit in for the Chief Justice?


17 posted on 10/29/2019 11:50:38 AM PDT by arthurus (|-|>/>_<:-.| |-=O eIe ,+ *)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

I can’t see Roberts actually recusing.


18 posted on 10/29/2019 11:58:56 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: arthurus

As I posted, it is silent. But if he is unavailable for any reason, there must be a successor.


19 posted on 10/29/2019 12:01:11 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: rockrr

Not even if he’s notified he’ll be a witness? Who would preside during his questioning?


20 posted on 10/29/2019 12:04:12 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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