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Leahy, Not Roberts, To Preside Over Impeachment Trial
thehill.com ^ | 01/25/21

Posted on 01/25/2021 8:08:07 PM PST by Helicondelta

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To: Helicondelta

Collins and the Turtle are safe for the next 6 years

They aren’t going anywhere soon


81 posted on 01/25/2021 9:24:09 PM PST by digger48
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To: etcb; All
When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation

Can someone please post the exact legal definition of the "on Affirmation" part of that? And what is the penalty for disobeying?

82 posted on 01/25/2021 9:31:15 PM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: Helicondelta

Why not Chris Wallace. He was such an impartial moderator during the debates./s


83 posted on 01/25/2021 9:31:52 PM PST by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: Helicondelta

Well, McConnell may well retire at the end of his term, anyway. His more immediate problem might be not being able to ever set foot in KY (and several other states) again.


84 posted on 01/25/2021 9:34:17 PM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: HypatiaTaught
You can’t impeach a President who is not in office.

And without a judge presiding over the the trial it's not a trial...

85 posted on 01/25/2021 9:36:04 PM PST by Iscool
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To: Helicondelta
"Republicans say Roberts’s absence undermines the legitimacy of the trial."

It is clearly illegitimate to start with.

Did the article somewhere say just why the dem0crats were trying to pull this stunt? Leaky Leahy is as corrupt as liberals get.

86 posted on 01/25/2021 9:37:09 PM PST by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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To: Helicondelta

Cheney however loathsome his slattern daughter is

Was correct when he told Leahy to go eff himself


87 posted on 01/25/2021 9:41:10 PM PST by wardaddy ( IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG)
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To: Helicondelta

Maybe fraudster Darkwinter issued a decree deleting the constitution. If not, this is what it says. Looks like its Ch Justice Roberts job alone.

Article I, Section 3, Clauses 6 and 7 provide:

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present. Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States; but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.


88 posted on 01/25/2021 9:46:05 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: Helicondelta

What the heck, just let George Soros preside over the trial. Might as well go full-bore ridiculous.


89 posted on 01/25/2021 9:47:08 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: FlyingEagle

The Chief Justice presides when “the President of the United States is tried.” Trump is not the President of the United States, so when he is tried, the Chief Justice will not preside.


90 posted on 01/25/2021 9:53:04 PM PST by The Pack Knight
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To: Helicondelta

Show trials are starting.


91 posted on 01/25/2021 9:53:41 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Helicondelta

We got to vote them all out, Oh wait.


92 posted on 01/25/2021 10:01:42 PM PST by MAAG (Tetelestai, paid in full. You are as righteous as God is. Double jeopardy is forbidden.)
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To: etcb

True. Regardless of what we think, he’s not president.


93 posted on 01/25/2021 10:12:17 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 )
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To: DoughtyOne

He’s not president!!!!!!! That’s why they can do this.


94 posted on 01/25/2021 10:13:06 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 )
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To: Helicondelta
Leahy on Monday pushed back on the Republican criticism. “I have presided over hundreds of hours in my time in the Senate. I don’t think anybody has ever suggested I was anything but impartial in those hundreds of hours,” he said.

Yes, Leahy, you have been the picture of objectivity and fairness during your tenure.

95 posted on 01/25/2021 10:20:04 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Helicondelta

The USA constitution is dead. A rotten corpse.
Adjust accordingly.


96 posted on 01/25/2021 10:23:02 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes. )
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To: napscoordinator

It is an Impeachment process. They are calling it that.

The Chief Justice must preside, or dismiss the case.

They cannot prosecute a private citizen.

The Chief Justice of the United States needs to get off his
back-side, and get over there and explain the Constitution
to them.

If they are trying to Impeach him, then the judge needs to
dismiss the case. They have no standing.

They cannot do this legally.

They themselves are calling it an impeachment.

If he’s not president, they can’t impeach him. They don’t have that authority.

Roberts is supposed to be the judge for these very reasons.


97 posted on 01/25/2021 10:35:25 PM PST by DoughtyOne (There is no next time Mitch. Aren't you proud now...)
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To: DoughtyOne

If I may jump in with a comment on your post 52.

Any Chief Justice could reply to your argument that the SHALL applies to an Impeachment trial for which the remedy upon conviction is a removal from office. In this case the subject of the charge is no longer in office so such a trial is moot.

Playing into the Democrats hands he backs away without declaring, in his Constitutional capacity you cite, such an Impeachment trial invalid and therefore the House gets a complicate Senate to play a charade and for the purpose of a Trial that is not a trial, they use Leaky Leahy.

Since the House Impeachment did not follow the rules, why should the Senate. Its the District of Caracas, not the District of Columbia anymore. The press won’t object they just play along like the show trials for Stalin.


98 posted on 01/25/2021 10:36:22 PM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Is that action Constitutional??????


99 posted on 01/25/2021 10:50:38 PM PST by chopperk (Warnocdrk doesn't have a chance if Stacy sits on him.)
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To: Helicondelta
In related news, several Senate storage rooms (former republican Senatorial offices) are being converted to comfortable stalls.

Quantas Airlines assures Leahy & Schumer that their Special Flight will arrive before Feb 8th and will contain a full load of Kangaroos and Wallabys.


100 posted on 01/25/2021 11:29:33 PM PST by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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