I am also curious why the Trump defense team has been so quiet about the fact that Trump is the Chief Executive Officer of the Justice Department, and that Trump has a good faith belief that Joe and Hunter Biden have violated the law.
All the judge has to do is rule that the prosecutions case is baseless, without merit or any legitimate charge, unconstitutional on its face and run the 2 articles of impeachment through a shredder on national TV. But Roberts cant tell the difference between a tax and a fee so I seriously doubt he could find his own ass with both hands, a map, and a flashlight.
“ Does Chief Justice Roberts have the legal standing to dismiss an impeachment case?”
No. He maintains order over the proceedings, The Senators make the rules and finial judgment. If 67 of the Senators find him guilty he is removed from office immediately and the Vice President is sworn in as President.
In my opinion, the Republicans are going to let the House Managers present their charges, with rebuttal from the defense, then vote. Mitch McConnell is not going to allow the Democrats to turn this into a circus like what was done to Judge Kavanaugh.
Politically, the President is far better off forcing the dems into the corner to which they are quickly being shoved.
It’s put up or shut up time.
The threat of an actual trial is hanging over their alcohol pickled heads. That means pretrial discovery. Witness depositions, aka perjury traps and subpoenas for documents flying.
Far better to drag everything out into the open.
To paraphrase ScatFranNan, sunlight is the best disinfectant.
They’re just stupid enough to think they can tangle with Trump, Sekulow, and Dershowitz, and live to tell about it.
I don’t trust Roberts either, but, he may not be all that important here.
Nobody with a third of a working brain steps in front of the Trump Train.
I fully agree. Failing to prosecute the real criminals emboldens them to the degree that they are even able to concoct sham issue like this witch hunt trial and kangaroo court. Hillary SHOULD have been prosecuted for her numerous blatant offenses, whether it was mishandling CLASSIFIED government documents to her shady deals and convenient “suicides” surrounding her and Bill.
Constitutionally, he only has the power to "preside" over the Senate trial. So, no.
Now if Obama were on trial? Well...….who knows.