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Leahy, not Roberts, to preside over impeachment trial
2021-01-26
[The Hill] Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will not preside over former President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, which is scheduled to begin in earnest on Feb. 8.

Instead, Senate President Pro Tempore Patrick Leahy (Vt.), the most senior member of the Senate Democratic Conference, will preside over the trial.

Leahy on Monday confirmed he would wield the gavel and promised to administer "impartial justice."

"The president pro tempore has historically presided over Senate impeachment trials of non-presidents. When presiding over an impeachment trial, the president pro tempore takes an additional special oath to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and its laws. It is an oath that I take extraordinarily seriously," he said in a statement.
then he burst into flames
Leahy vowed he would "not waver from my constitutional and sworn obligations to administer the trial with fairness, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws."

A spokesman for Leahy said the decision on presiding over the trial is up to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
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Posted by:Besoeker

#16  Karma for Leahy?

Any Dem senators from states with GOP govs? All it takes is one to drop dead, GOP Gov appoints a Republican for temporary replacement, and the Dems majority goes away.
Posted by: Knuckles Hatfield5208   2021-01-26 22:12  

#15  Word is that 80 year old Leahy has just been taken to the hospital.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2021-01-26 20:35  

#14  When people elected Leahy, did they know who his secretary would be--the one who gives him his day's agenda?
Posted by: james   2021-01-26 14:50  

#13  So another asterisk for the Bidet* era...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-01-26 13:04  

#12  He needs a full court to weigh the legality of this.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2021-01-26 12:55  

#11  It doesn't dawn on these clowns, that if they show they're not bound by the Constitution, everyone else isn't either.

Your power then is not dependent upon the consent of the governed, but by those willing to give the last full measure of devotion.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-01-26 12:34  

#10  Do the Democrats have standing?
Posted by:    2021-01-26 11:50  

#9  You can't impeach and convict a private citizen -- impeachment is solely about removal from office.

This is an impeachment of the 1st Amendment right to protest and rally in D.C. and thus an impeachment of the People, whose rights are recognized by the Constitution.

They want to create a chilling effect precluding any form of post-Trump grassroots movement gaining political traction.

The People, not Trump have been impeached and will be tried because the People haven't left office on 20/1/21.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2021-01-26 11:14  

#8  Raj, the Democrat party is half "Weekend at Bernie's", half "1984".
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-01-26 09:45  

#7  Howie Carr had someone on his show yesterday who pointed out the following about Leahy - he's 80 years old and in his most recent public hearings / pressers, he makes Biden sound like Churchill - slurring & mumbling like all get out.

Is this why the Dems are keeping otherwise retirement home bound pols around, just to rubber stamp everything?
Posted by: Raj   2021-01-26 09:16  

#6  Trump and the fight against him by the establishment was the Republic's death rattle. It is truly dead now and is up to the states that still want to keep it to leave.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-01-26 08:16  

#5  You can't impeach and convict a private citizen -- impeachment is solely about removal from office.

At this point, this is a bill of attainder. I'm honestly surprised they haven't tried to bad Trump's descendants from holding office -- they may as well clear the board on Constitutionally forbidden acts.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-01-26 08:05  

#4  That's not what the Constitution says. It's dead Jim.

Soviet show trials are here.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-01-26 07:37  

#3  If he was truly impartial this Senate trail would last less than 2 minutes with immediate dismissal.
Posted by: Airandee   2021-01-26 07:16  

#2  Pat "Leaky" Leahy, *Spit!*. Partisan hack who has been leaking confidential committee to the Press since the Reagan Presidency -- but only if an (R) is in the White House.
Posted by: magpie   2021-01-26 01:55  

#1  Meanwhile someone will steer Xiden around via his ear mic.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2021-01-26 01:42  

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