John Roberts’ refusal to sit for Trump impeachment sparks constitutional concerns

nypost ^ | 01/27/2021 | Emily Jacobs

[Responsibility2nd]

Who really cares if they get Roberts, Leahy, or Bozo the Clown to sit over this Kangaroo Court?

The fact is this is an illegal and unconstitutional abuse of power.

If only the President can be removed by impeachment, then it logically follows that Trump is still the legal president.

Which of course he is. See tagline.

So I get why the liberals want to remove Trump from office. They want to give a legal degree of credibility to the scam that put Puppet Master Xoe Biden in office.

This impeachment is such a joke. Why don’t our new junta rulers go full Banana Republic on his ass and just throw Trump in Gitmo?

[Blurb2350]

Who or what is in Malta, and why are they giving Chief Justice Roberts his marching orders?

[John S Mosby]

Certainly on their tactical plan list— the “excuse” to drag us through this as a nation, and not simply replace a Chief Justice. They could very well use the surveillance of Roberts, to leverage him to leave— as they have used it to get the obamaumao care tax mandate “writing of law from the bench” and of course the refusal to hear the Texas Electoral suit (with 26 other State) stating “no Standing!!!?”

They can get Roberts to do anything— this may be the track. Singing along on packing is the criminal gang lawyer- Eric Holder (the Ah-GEE of JUST US dept, gun running fame).

Bless our President for trying for the real Americans suffering for years under this kind of crapola— trying to clean the completely soiled filled to the rim corrupt government of the country.

[Responsibility2nd]

... Donald Trump is not the President of the United States, THEREFORE, there is no requirement for CJ Roberts to preside, end of story.

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He’s not? I disagree. See post 21.

[glennaro]

It’s clear from events of the past several months that Roberts no longer wants to work for a living. In this instance, he doesn’t even have the courage to perform his Constitutional obligation to throw out this “trial” before it begins ... not just hide away in the USSC building basement. (It appears Roberts has earned a graduate degree in responsibility avoidance studies from the China Joe Institute of Confusion)

[chopperk]

Press Roberts for a legal explanation. Don’t let this clown off with what he did with Obozo and healthcare. Make him earn his salary.

[SmokingJoe]

There is no “constitutional concerns”.
It's unconstitutional, illegal and bogus. You can't impeach a president who is out of office. Period.

[hank ernade]

” When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: “

Article 1, sec.3 USC

yeah I know

“US Constitution? BWAAHaahaahaaaaa!”

[ZOOKER]

Roberts has it all going his way.
“Pontius Pilate” in the 21st century.
Took no cases. Saw no evidence. Had to make no judgements.
Life is good, ain’t it?

[DannyTN]

I think Chief Justice Roberts owes us an answer.

[Boogieman]

“If only the President can be removed by impeachment...”

Well, judges can be impeached as well, but Trump isn’t one of them either.

[Responsibility2nd]

Chief Justice only Presides over impeachment of a “President”, Trump is not a “President”, thus he cannot be impeached.

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Trump IS the President. In exile. See post 24. A military junta has overthrown our government and a legally elected president. And to “legitimize” this illegal action they - like most third world coup d ‘etats - have brought in the military to the capital to enforce their actions.

And this impeachment is just another way to officially remove Trump from the office he legally belongs in.

Communist revolutionaries for decades with be studying these events as they too plan on coup d’etats.

[nathanbedford]

Donald Trump is entitled to the due process outlined in the Constitution. And essential part of that due process says that the Chief Justice shall preside.

That means when Donald Trump exercises his due process rights to move, for example, for dismissal because he is no longer in office he has the right to have the motion decided by the Chief Justice. That is important because the Chief Justice is from separate branch of government and the substitute presiding officer, Senator Leahy, is a member of the party advancing impeachment. The use of a senator acting as judge as well as jury is an obvious violation of due process and a violation of the principle of separation of powers.

The founders quite deliberately created a separation of powers procedure which the Democrats by proceeding are violating.

We all know that Chief Justice Roberts even if he did preside would no doubt duck ruling on the motion, nevertheless, Donald Trump's due process rights stand. The denial of those rights should fatally flaw the whole proceeding.

Trump is entitled to the Chief Justice, if the Chief Justice wrongfully declines to preside he can be impeached and a new one empaneled who can preside.

[CodeToad]

Sorry, but he is no longer president so it end all impeachments. Retarded timing on the part of the coup participants.

[Leep]

Biden should not President..but that doesn’t stop them either.

[\/\/ayne]

Weird - Roberts is normally a reliable traitor to America.

[CodeToad]

Is Trump the President?? No. Then why do you think Roberts must preside?

The constitution doesn’t say “If the matter is about a previous president...”

[Dr. Franklin]

Absurd. The Chief Justice only presides “When the President of the United States is tried”, Donald Trump is not the President of the United States, THEREFORE, there is no requirement for CJ Roberts to preside, end of story.

Yes, and SCOTUS still has election cases on its docket, and Trump or others can still file a petition for a writ of quo warranto that could, at least in theory, reverse the election. If the election were to be reversed, they would need to redo the whole trial, and Roberts would look very bad because his presence is required. By not showing up for this, he is demonstrating bias and should be asked to recuse himself from the cases before SCOTUS, including the scheduling issues that he has made sure to delay.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

For the same reason Chief Justice John Roberts refuses to sit for the Trump impeachment farce, all Republican Senators should also refuse to be seated. There is nothing the damn democrats could do about it. Trump is now a plain, non-political citizen and not subject to impeachment which is meant to remove an office holder from office. It has no other function. The democrats are using it to punish Trump for getting in the way of their awful platform.

[marktwain]

The Constitution does not allow for an impeachment trial for a previous President.