Impeachment- a Citizen's Guide by Cass R Sunstein

Author:Cass R Sunstein
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2019-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

What is the role of the chief justice of the Supreme Court?

Under the Constitution, the chief justice has no role in the impeachment proceedings in the House, but he does preside over the trial in the Senate. In the Johnson impeachment, Salmon Chase was the presiding judge; William Rehnquist presided over the Clinton impeachment. But the role of the presiding judge is quite limited. He oversees the trial, and he can resolve technical questions, but he is not likely to have any authority to push the outcome in his preferred direction.

In the two presidential impeachment proceedings in American history, the chief justice was a pretty minor player. Because it is such a landmark event to see the chief justice presiding in the Senate, people pay a lot of attention to him, but the crucial decisions are made by the senators.

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