Calling it now: R's pass it in house, trump demands it does not need senate vote because he dictates law, he will demand judge's removal and will attempt to do so by force.
He's going to continue with this intentional crisis shit. He wants a reason for martial law and is trying to crank the stove to high.
I mean, he issued a statement opposing calls for impeachment.
Impeachment is also specifically given to the House and Senate and the Courts have no role in it, nor have Courts ever really claimed any role beyond the barest of roles in checking "Did the House vote on it? Yes. Did the Senate vote on it? Yes. Did they do it as the whole body? Yes. Okay, you're good."
If Roberts did something, that would, I'd argue, be wrong. I mean, if he did, for reasons that are not merely procedural but instead substantive, then that's effectively saying that not only do Judges have a very high bar for removal in the Legislature with no Executive control over it, but the Judiciary also has power over greenlighting/red-lighting their removal.
So he can't really do anything beyond say "No, don't"... which is fine, because impeachment and removal is, as said a very high bar. Even if this passes- on partisan lines- through the House and he's impeached, he's guaranteed to be acquitted by the Senate, because even if it's on partisan lines, that's still 53-47, which falls well short of 2/3rds majority.
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u/ThrowAwayGarbage82 19d ago
"Judges doing their job is a crime!"
What now, roberts? Looks like they're going to try it anyway.