Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catherine 1/24/2021 3:15:44 AM (No. 672311)
I'm pretty sure you can't fire someone who no longer works for you. And they can't take away his rights as a human and a citizen of this country just because they don't like him. They're trying and lord help us they might do it, but it will be wrong, illegal and my money will always be on President Trump.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
NotaBene 1/24/2021 3:18:48 AM (No. 672313)
Communists have canceled US and say the election was nor stolen. We need our freedom of expression rred, but Google, Twitter, Amazon, Youtube, Apple, Bill Gates, NYT, WP, Antifa, Black Lives Matter as much as anybody’s, and Disney have taken away our free will. The Supreme Court, after all Trump did for these cowards - Coney, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch - is good to decide if your freedom of speech allows you to burn flags upside down, immolate babies after birth, or pee in ladies rooms after besting them in sports.
There is a Deep State, China is our greatest enemy, and there is no justice fo Trump supporters. Commies will pay dearly because salary-earning people are wealthy after President Trump’s great presidency, while Antifas are gimme gimme with extended hands. Worse for the non-working Democrats, the wealth will have to be spread around equitably with Illegal Aliens after the robbed election.
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Not so much that Chief Justice Roberts has suddenly become a hero but that Mitch McConnell has sunk so low even Roberts doesn't want to be anywhere close to him.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
andyboy 1/24/2021 3:28:40 AM (No. 672322)
The unconstitutionality of holding an impeachment trial for an ex-President is obvious. This is an easy decision for Roberts and will help repair his badly-damaged credibility. But it won't stop him from siding with the leftists in the next major close-call case.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 1/24/2021 3:46:56 AM (No. 672329)
Because it is fundamentally unconstitutional on the face of it .....the farce of it, is probably more accurate.
JUST STOP THIS FARCE you stupid, hateful, hysterical hacks!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
OBX Pete 1/24/2021 5:23:51 AM (No. 672345)
This thing is getting crazier and crazier. Isn't it the job of the supreme court to determine if a case is in conformance with the constitution or not? How can Roberts and his flunkies make a determination without even hearing a case? Can a supreme court justice be impeached for pre determination on a case ? I know that they refuse to hear cases all the time but this case is perhaps the most important case ever presented to them.
They are driving ME crazy !!!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 1/24/2021 5:28:01 AM (No. 672347)
All points re the Chief Justice are good ones.
My question is with Cocaine Mitch. During the past 4 years, he has been lauded for confirming conservative judges The President nominated.
I can’t square that (and those judges) with what he is doing now.
Are all of the judges he confirmed compromised? Were they conservative, Constitutionalists to begin with? Or are they fake judges...
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/24/2021 5:29:41 AM (No. 672348)
They want to cancel the election and presidency of a duly elected and served President; meanwhile, we have an unduly-elected faux White House occupant forced upon US with no standing to object and no redress from the ballot box all the way up to congress. To borrow their phrase, this is not who we are. Except it is who we are, the new Amerika in search of a constitution or just tyranny.
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#5 .. Hit the nail on the head. WELL SAID.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LaVallette 1/24/2021 5:38:45 AM (No. 672352)
I have a feeling that ther is is also a growing movement inside the saner elements of the Demonrat Party that having succeeded in getting rid of Trump, the wiser path now as and under the present circumstances is to let "sleeping dogs lie" and use the issue of "unconstitutionality" as the excuse "despite all our endeavors" to abandon the impeachment process in the Senate. The last thing they can afford to risk is the chance that the Senate trial could drift into the question of the motivations and the "whys and wherefores" Trump would call for an insurrection. This would blow wide open the entire Stolen Election Conspiracy, tie up the senate and therefore the implementation of the Biden agenda for months if not years on end and risk not only the fall of the criminal Biden administration but also long term jail sentences for the conspirators .
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
mifla 1/24/2021 5:45:14 AM (No. 672356)
Roberts should simply announce that this impeachment is not supported by the Constitution, and therefore he will not attend or support any trial. Saying he does not want to attend is lame.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
nina584 1/24/2021 6:06:22 AM (No. 672366)
If it goes make Roberts preside. He will be part of the mess.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/24/2021 6:29:24 AM (No. 672375)
We theoretically elect you. We pay you 250,000 salary and perks to govern. Your accomplishments are investigating and impeaching each other. I'm sick to death of the lot of you and want a 3 party Congress where you can compromise or go to hell.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
5 handicap 1/24/2021 6:46:55 AM (No. 672382)
The GARBAGE that is named John Roberts, will most certainly find a way to hurt Trump. He's never let the Constitution stand in his way before!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 1/24/2021 7:22:11 AM (No. 672403)
Only a fool would count on Roberts to do anything.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Rinktum 1/24/2021 7:27:53 AM (No. 672412)
Seriously, does anyone hold any respect for the SCOTUS? The most important issue facing the country in its history and they decided to take a pass? I am steamed that these cowards had the audacity to stand with the coup plotters and by their inaction nullified the votes of 74.5 million Americans. They deserve nothing but scorn. When the rubber met the road the justices failed to do their duty because they, along with the Dark State, could not be bothered to protect the will of the people because their hatred was so great for this President. Like their fellow travelers they took it upon themselves to refuse to even look at the evidence. The stonewalling, obstruction, omission and lies of the media made it easy for these cowards to prevent any possible hearing of evidence or facts. In that one moment, they destroyed their reputation. Who would look to these fools for honesty or objective consideration? I hold them all in contempt. When their country needed an objective unbiased hearing, they collapsed under the weight of political bias. I am particularly disappointed with the three new Justices not because they are Trump appointees but because they championed their love of the Constitution and rule of law and then collapsed at the first challenge. I could accept a hearing that did not go our way but would have been bitterly disappointed, but to decline to even hear such an important matter is an act of cowardice that will forever be a stain on the Roberts Court. As far as I am concerned, the Court has proven to be nothing more than another politically driven outrage. Roberts could decide to refuse to show up but it won’t matter one bit. The die has been cast and nothing will change the fact that when the country needed a clear judicial decision, they were too invested in the Dark State to have the courage that was required. If anyone failed in their duty to protect and defend the Constitution, it was the United States Supreme Court. Roberts has destroyed the Court.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 1/24/2021 7:44:21 AM (No. 672422)
Perhaps CJ Roberts hasn't taken leave of ALL his senses. He realizes he can't stop the Pelosi juggernaut using reason nor sound law. I wonder still what ''they'' are holding over his head. Apparently he has found a log to keep himself afloat in the river of slime in DC. Also, what #3 and #5 said!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
stablemoney 1/24/2021 7:59:33 AM (No. 672448)
The Republicans better not come either. Any Republican showing up, or participating in this, should be removed from office. The Republicans better walk out. Republicans have to be completely without any sense, principles, ethics, and morals to show up for this fraudulent proceeding. Any punishment is not coming for Trump, it is coming for any Republican that participates in this fraudulent trial.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Ladyhawke 1/24/2021 8:03:04 AM (No. 672451)
We need a full trial in the Senate. It is the only way the massive fraud evidence will be shown to a great audience. I do not care who presides, but if gets stopped due to John Roberts, it will just add to his long and growing list of traitorous acts.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 1/24/2021 8:14:14 AM (No. 672465)
I would think that the turn coat Roberto would jump at the chance to put another knife in Trumps back......the only thing missing on this rat are big ears and a tail....
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
gone2pot 1/24/2021 8:14:39 AM (No. 672467)
Impeaching, removing him from office when he isn't in office, and preventing a private citizen from running for office is perfectly legal here in the United States of Dominion.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
WinterParker 1/24/2021 8:15:00 AM (No. 672468)
I would never count on Roberts to do the right thing. and he's simpatico with 80% of those leeches in DC.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
bpl40 1/24/2021 8:27:00 AM (No. 672485)
President Trump's employers were not 67 members of the Senate but the American People. They will decide if he can reapply or not. Not these partisan hacks.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Bazi 1/24/2021 8:36:23 AM (No. 672494)
If Roberts won't take the trial, it's because the CiC (Commies in Charge) gave him permission. We know that the CiC are holding him hostage because of a transgression.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
FunOne 1/24/2021 8:51:54 AM (No. 672512)
President Trump accomplished what was almost impossible by going to the wall for Coney, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. He invested a large degree of his political capital to fight for the outcome that set these three up with an envious income for life. Yet, when confronted with the decision to JUST HAVE A HEARING on the issues of a corrupt election, they morphed into Benedict Arnold mode. The reality is, there are only two American patriots committed to the Constitution on the Supreme Court.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/24/2021 8:53:42 AM (No. 672513)
OP, since the trial itself is unconstitutional, any vote stemming from that trial would also be unconstitutional. The very fact that the whole charade is unconstitutional means that PDT CAN run again and the congress would have no power to stop him.
I’m not jumping on the pro-Roberts bandwagon yet - those who have been blackmailing him since he joined the court will surely pressure him into taking the case.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 1/24/2021 8:59:08 AM (No. 672519)
My wife and I are off to the Big Island to relax and warm up so won't be posting or commenting for a few weeks. Keep your chins up, all. Breitbart lives and so does L.Com.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Jebediah 1/24/2021 9:12:02 AM (No. 672529)
If Roberts had done his job all along (recall his twisting and turning to validate Obamacare?) we wouldn't be in the mess we are in now. 76 million voters question how Trump won the 2020 election by midnight, followed by JUST ENOUGH questionable votes in four swing states to make a win for a man who spent his time in his basement and is obviously in the early stages of dementia....and just plagiarized Bill Clinton in his acceptance speech the other day. Peter Navarro, on his own, did an extensive study on the mathematical probabilities of Biden's win and Joe came up way short, algorithm and other wise. The end result is a country in turmoil and a Presidency where the weary man reads what is written on the pages he is given. I am sure he is still asleep this Sunday morning past 9 a.m. as I write this, and that most of his pronouncements are either news to him or the uproar and consequences unknown to him. It is only a matter of time before the Dems push Joe out and we end up with THE most Progressive woman in the Senate, a woman so unpopular she was the first to leave in the primary. And a LOT of this can be put at the feet of John Roberts, more concerned with his image in history than sorting out what is sort-outable. Someone should take him aside, at one of the D.C. cocktail parties, and let his know what that image already is. (And by the by, he should also be prepared for an antitrust suit against Twitter and Facebook---or will he dodge that as well?)
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Laotzu 1/24/2021 9:23:52 AM (No. 672543)
Done out of laziness, not out of honor.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
starboard 1/24/2021 9:52:44 AM (No. 672579)
Punting is cowardly. He should assign Thomas or Alito.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Zigrid 1/24/2021 9:53:41 AM (No. 672582)
I read somewhere that an impeachment article from the house is just an accusation... the senate must find him guilty.... so... then the first impeachment by the pencil neck schiff was not classified as an complete impeachment... President Trump was NOT found guilty by the senate... so then... WHERE is the "second" impeachment baring him from running again..the swamp is really frightened by President Trump... to much sunlight on their criminal activity...case in point... hunter biden and the biden crime family...I'd like to see nervous nancy's financial records... or are they all in banks off shore..
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
rsgonner 1/24/2021 9:56:10 AM (No. 672587)
Since when has the Constitution ever entered Roberts' mind? Maybe his first year as Chief Justice. But whatever the left has on this guy, it must be a doozy. He will do whatever they tell him to do.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/24/2021 10:03:54 AM (No. 672606)
Hopefully, Roberts' cowardice is consistent.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
DVC 1/24/2021 10:11:14 AM (No. 672627)
Any laws that they try to make against Trump will be bills of attainder and are specifically made unconstitutional in the original words of the document. Any "impeachment" is just a removal from office, and since he is not in office, is impossible, and illegal.
Even a slug like Roberts won't be part of this unconstitutional freak show. Let it GO, you damned Corruptocrats!
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Thegranddanny 1/24/2021 10:14:34 AM (No. 672635)
If the Senate can try, convict and sentence one private citizen (Donald Trump), they can do it to any private citizen. And the only legal rules in the process are what the majority decided.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
smokincol 1/24/2021 10:24:32 AM (No. 672652)
roberts will still not consider the legal arguments of this matter which makes him totally invalid.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
msjena 1/24/2021 10:26:35 AM (No. 672655)
The Senate will have to vote on whether Roberts must preside. Roberts won’t make the decision on his own. The impeachment process has many flaws. I love the Constitution for the most part but the framers
granted Congress too much power in the impeachment process. For over 200 years, that power was not abused. It is being abused now.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
little guy 1/24/2021 10:28:37 AM (No. 672658)
When someone as feckless as Roberts won't take your side, you know you're flapping in the wind.
They cheated at the pool game in our favorite saloon.
We called them out on it but for the sake of peace --- and not wishing to destroy our favorite place to hang out --- we let it go. Then they picked up their pool cue and swung it at us! We ducked. Then they said: "Okay --- Let's step outside and settle this!"
Keep saying that & threatening us and we will finally accept the duel & step outside ... but only ONE of us will be coming back in! Hint: It won't be them.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
planetgeo 1/24/2021 10:40:13 AM (No. 672668)
First, it's not just John "Kangaroo" Roberts that's the problem, it's the entire Supreme Court. They are completely worthless as an objective arbiter and protector of the Constitution. The selection process for justices has become absurdly partisan with blatant litmus test issues that essentially result in rubber stamp decisions on certain issues regardless of what the Constitution says.
In effect the Supreme Court has evolved into a super-committee of Congress. But one we can't vote out. And even worse, we have now been culturally conditioned to accept their decisions as the final word no matter how much we despise it. Sorry, I'm no longer going along with that...#NotMySupremeCourt.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
jimkata 1/24/2021 10:50:35 AM (No. 672682)
Be careful for what you wish.
It was said during the Obama Care Supreme Court arguments that Roberts stand was to signal that the Court was independent and a Roberts Court like a Marshall court.
He is quickly going down in history as a Roberts court but in the manner of Taney
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
MDConservative 1/24/2021 10:51:28 AM (No. 672685)
#19 - The charge is inciting insurrection. There will be no discussion of any election fraud as it is irrelevant to the charge, whether true or not. Secondly, any "trial" will do two things: 1) Lend legitimacy to the notion that Congress is not bound by the Constitution anymore, that the Supreme Court is not a co-equal branch of government. And, 2) A trial will lead to the near-immediate end of the national Republican Party, which will disrupt the UNIPARTY's profiteerig worse than PDT ever did. The UNIPARTY needs the conflict between Dems and GOP to bring in the suckers' cash. No conflict means no money to fight fascism/racism/whatever-ism. It's like All-Star 'rasslin'...only it truly affects our lives.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Trapper 1/24/2021 11:31:15 AM (No. 672729)
The Senate cannot conduct legislative hearings tarted up as a sham trial of a private citizen for the purpose of prohibiting him from holding office. It’s a bill of attainder and is specifically prohibited under Article I section 9 of the Constitution. This is first year law school stuff, grade school math, civics 101.
If the Senate votes to remove a sitting President it may THEN vote to bar him from office in the same proceeding. But after the President’s term has ended the Senate has no jurisdiction to conduct a “trial” of private citizen Trump. It is unconstitutional on its face.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Speedy2 1/24/2021 11:33:31 AM (No. 672731)
If they can try to impeach Trump then Marjorie Taylor Greene should impeach Obama. Marjorie is the only one who has any guts.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
sherlock1 1/24/2021 12:09:08 PM (No. 672778)
If there is a silver lining to an unconstitutional trial / conviction of Trump, it could be a near-complete turnover of the Congress at the next election. Of course, a lot of people might come to the conclusion that it would be foolish to wait for an election.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Historybuff 1/24/2021 12:24:15 PM (No. 672794)
The more I hear from Roberts, the more I am convinced that his intellect has been greatly exagerated.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
sherlock1 1/24/2021 12:42:58 PM (No. 672820)
I'd say after the Roberts-led SC "called in sick" on most critical election issues, and after the Roberts-supervised FISA Court was allowed to collaborate in a coup against Trump, the SOB damn well better NOT show up!
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/24/2021 12:47:59 PM (No. 672830)
#31, impeachment is basically an indictment. PDT has been impeached twice but has been acquitted in the senate once and probably will be again. Being impeached does not mean convicted or removed from office.
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Neither Roberts or McConnell will be comfortable venturing out among the public when this is over.
#3 chief justice Roberts is no hero!!!!!!! (Antonin Scalia would agree with me.)
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
901AtTheRiver 1/24/2021 1:54:16 PM (No. 672895)
A couple of observations: The word "standing" does not appear in the Constitution. Roberts' refusal to hear ANY of the voter fraud cases on the basis of standing has no merit. Roberts has failed to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Roberts should be impeached for his failure.
The Congress of the United Sates OWES us, We The People, honest elections in which each eligible living citizen is provided the opportunity to vote once and once only, and that a true and accurate count of the votes is required.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
Harlowe 1/24/2021 4:06:24 PM (No. 673020)
A variety of reasons for why the United States Supreme Court refused to hear President Trump’s cases over the 2020 presidential election results have been bandied about that include suspicions of bias, blackmail, and cowardice—all speculative. What needs to be considered is the serious and frightening possibility of intimidation through threats of violence to self and/or family as has been underscored by President Trump, on January 18, 2021 having signed an “Executive Order on Protecting Law Enforcement Officers, Judges, Prosecutors, And Their Families.”
FTEO: “Section 1. Purpose. Under the Constitution and Federal law, our Government vests in judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers the power to make decisions of enormous consequence. Because of the importance of their work, these public servants face unique risks to their safety and the safety of their families. Some who face or have received an adverse judicial decision have sought to intimidate or punish judges and prosecutors with threats of harm. Moreover, judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers are symbols within our communities of law and order and may be targeted for that reason alone. And at times, family members of public servants have become victims. Last year, a former litigant before a Federal judge in New Jersey tragically murdered the judge’s 20-year-old son and critically wounded her husband. Judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers’ resiliency in the face of the danger they regularly face is an inspiration for all of us in public service.” (Snip) Link follows.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-protecting-law-enforcement-officers-judges-prosecutors-families/
In President Trump’s farewell speech at Joint Base Andrews on January 20, 2021 he said, “One of the things we’re very, very proud of is the selection of almost 300 federal judges and three great Supreme Court justices. That’s a very big number, that’s a record-setting number.” A gracious and conciliatory statement that should suggest President Trump’s supporters keep in mind as legal issues unfold.
Although devastated with the Supreme Court’s rejection of President Trump’s election results cases thus far, “Deplorables” would do well to not be foolish and to keep in mind the admonition of walking a mile in someone else’s shoes to understand that person’s experiences, challenges, and thought processes. “Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.” (Ecclesiastes 7:9)
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
Harlowe 1/24/2021 4:32:24 PM (No. 673039)
#37- “The Senate will have to vote on whether Roberts must preside. Roberts won’t make the decision on his own.” A concern being expressed if Chief Justice Roberts does not preside, is whether or not Kamala Harris’ “authority” as “President of the Senate” would come into play.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
Salt5792 1/24/2021 4:48:30 PM (No. 673049)
Simple. If they can't get the chief justice to preside, then there can't be a trial.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
4Justice 1/24/2021 4:50:46 PM (No. 673052)
Is there really absolutely nothing that WE citizens can do to to get redress for the blatant election fraud? I know all the court opinions made it look like all that was presented was just speculation and hearsay, but the evidence truly IS out there and is overwhelming. I want to see the full court transcripts to see what really happened. Either the judges found loopholes to shoot down everything or the attorneys were too disorganized and ill-prepared. Another possibility is some of the attorneys really were not working to win. Still, there is a lot of obvious evidence. Just look at the website...
Hereistheevidence.com
There has to be something...maybe a class action suit brought by the millions of us who have been wronged? If I had obtained the law degree as I had wanted, I would certainly do it. What about a petition with tens of millions of signatures? We cannot just sit by and let this LIE continue.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
clipped wings 1/24/2021 6:47:24 PM (No. 673207)
#42: Your analysis of this ridiculous situation is spot-on. Folks look up “bill of attainder” There are doubtless those in leftist ranks who are aware that such an action is unconstitutional, but they’re going to try anyway.
Anything, to smear President Trump.
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Comments:
If two-thirds majority of the Senate convicts President Trump, Chuck Schumer could call for a second vote that would require a simple majority to prevent President Trump from holding elective office again; however, that vote would require a minimum of 17 Senate Republicans which may become problematic due to Senator Paul’s contention that “only a sitting president can be impeached” making it a constitutional concern.