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To: ClearCase_guy
The Supreme Court has a Constitutional role in impeachment proceedings.

I think only the Chief Justice has a roll. Of course he may just surrender any power he has to the Senate Parliamentarian like the last one did.

12 posted on 11/30/2019 7:51:53 AM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: itsahoot
I think only the Chief Justice has a roll.

In fact, that is what I'm saying. The Constitution makes it pretty clear that the Supreme Court has practically nothing to do with impeachment. Yes, the Chief Justice presides. That's it. The other justices have no role at all. And as for the Chief Justice, no one really knows what "presides" really means. The Court's place in all of this is practically "nothing".

And to go from "practically nothing" to a suggestion that the court should jump into the fray and block the whole thing is just very ill-advised.

16 posted on 11/30/2019 10:09:22 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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