Posted on 01/23/2021 9:39:44 PM PST by conservative98
They need a new impeachment if they want to do it without the Dread Pirate Roberts presiding:
House Resolution 124 of the 117th Congress: "Impeaching Donald John Trump, Patriotic Citizen of the United States".
From paragraph 2 of the Articles of Impeachment (Round 2): “In the months preceding the Joint Session, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the Presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the American people or certified by State or Federal officials.”
Any fair trial must address the factual nature of this claim - air the evidence, in detail. I’ll buy the popcorn.
The trial is illegal. Under the Constitution it is an illegal Bill of Attainder.
Conviction by the Senate won’t happen, and the Democrats know it. The hideous, old baboons and their pet weirdos only want to publicly scold Donald Trump as long as possible. They’re so caught up in their fantasy, that they don’t realize how ugly their spectacle is.
If true, and I generally take Rand Paul with a grain of salt, then it’s an indication of how Roberts will rule when the whole matted of whether the impeachment trial of a former president is even constitutional reaches the court.
Who shot JR? I forgot.
Time to release those Epstein videos?
Roberts is a worthless slob of a kiss ass. He is afraid of his shadow. No guts. A terrible liar. A punk who gave us obammycare. To hell with this slob.
Nobody has standing.
Donald Trump is not president, That was taken care of on Jan 6th, by both sides, and approved by congress and the senate.
If congress votes to convict a normal citizen that is prescribed against in the US constitution, that is the role of the judicial. The “penalty” and “the conviction” congress can put forward would be unconstitutional.
Wonder when biden going to wake up to the fact he is the one whos power is being taken.
With the way the Taliban-left is actively erasing historical figures, this isn’t a bizarre notion...
I think the reason Roberts is ducking this is because he expects the impeachment to be challenged later. When that case reaches the Supreme Court, he would have to recuse himself if he had presided over the trial. He especially doesn’t want that because he would then lose an opportunity to vote against Trump when it really counted.
“Constitution says, “When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside. The plain meaning of *THE* president can’t possibly include former presidents.”
Correct. If it included former presidents, it would have been written: when “a” president is impeached.
“All this because the Supreme Court wouldn’t consider the merits of the President’s voter fraud claims because they were scared of leftist violence from Antifa.”
Funny how this point has gone under the radar. If the Supreme Court had done it’s job, we wouldn’t be where we are. This is on them. Tyrannical movements never retreat. Acquiescence only emboldens such movements.
Why doesn’t the full Supreme Court decide if post facto impeachment is Constitutional?
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Bingo! Bingo! Bingo!
“Guess we’ll find out if Roberts is being blackmailed once and for all!”
Really? Like “this time I mean it!”? How many times does he have to screw conservatives before we figure out he’s corrupt? He’s corrupt. We knew that in 2010.
No standing!
“Mark Levin said on his show yesterday that if he recuses”
Is he recusing himself or ruling it is not legitimate?
“Mark Levin said on his show yesterday that if he recuses”
Is he recusing himself or ruling it is not legitimate?
So the decision will only be 5-2 rather than 6-2 against Trump. Or maybe he feels he would need to participate to counter any argument from Alito or Thomas that our three spineless cucks should show some spine and follow the silly little screed they swore an oath before their white racist God to follow.
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