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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChief Justice Roberts lets Senate Republicans show blatant disdain for impeachment proceedings
https://dailysoundandfury.com/chief-justice-roberts-lets-senate-republicans-show-blatant-disdain-for-impeachment-proceedings/?fbclid=IwAR1SQOzLQtfdq2pkbIfAsdwiDlyE4dQwjJNVdylkkdiRLGlm3CTWYcPwomoSunday, January 26, 2020
Chief Justice Roberts lets Senate Republicans show blatant disdain for impeachment proceedings
By Joan McCarter / Daily Kos (01/23/2020) -
January 23, 2020
Senate Republicans are united again in saying theyve heard absolutely nothing new in the House impeachment managers presentation against Donald Trump. Thats after they voted en masse, as a unified bloc, against 10 amendments from Democrats to provide more information at the outset of the trial. They dont want to hear anything new, which is glaringly apparent in their disdain for the rules and blatant flouting of them.
Theyre acting like a bunch of middle school kids bored in their civics class. Gum-chewing, snacking, yawning and alleged napping could be seen throughout the cramped chamber, APs Laurie Kellman reports. Some openly snickered when lead prosecutor Adam Schiff said hed only speak for 10 minutes. And when one of the freshman House prosecutors stood to speak, many of the senator-jurors bolted for the cloak rooms, where their phones are stored. Which is the least of it. Numerous Republican senators have been reported to have just left for long stretches at a time. Rand Paul brought in a crossword to play with. At one point more 1/5 of the Senate21 memberswere out of the chamber. Which leads to one major question: what in the hell is Chief Justice John Roberts doing in the meantime, since hes refusing to enforce the rules?
He is presiding over this trial, which is supposed to mean enforcing the rules, not acting like a potted plant and doing whatever it is hes been doingcatching up on reading? Crossword puzzles? We dont know that either, because Mitch McConnell didnt let any cameras in besides the ones controlled by him. We get one camera view, the person who is speaking, so all the senators who are supposed to be remaining in their seats, paying attention, not talking can do whatever the hell they want, it seems.
Republicans clearly dont give a damn about anything, Trump could steal the entire treasury and if they got a kickback, theyd be fine with it. But theyre being just a little too obvious in that, underestimating the extent to which the voters are turning against them, both in hearing new witnesses and documents, and in convicting and removing Trump from office.
Theyre playing with fire, increasing the likelihood that theyll be severely burned in November.
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Chief Justice Roberts lets Senate Republicans show blatant disdain for impeachment proceedings (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jan 2020
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Hermit-The-Prog
(33,355 posts)1. This needs to be widely reported, especially on tv.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)2. Yeah, once he showed his complete lack of interest in maintaining any sense of decorum or RESPECT
I said well, so much for you, Roberts
for shame
onenote
(42,714 posts)3. No one sees how they're acting
The cameras don't show the Senate floor. And nothing Roberts might do would impact the outcome, so my concern level about this is pretty low. The guidelines for decorum are not hard and fast rules that Roberts can meaningfully enforce.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)4. he certainly appears impotent
Maybe there's kompromat on him, as well.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)5. His legacy is in the mud
Self-inflicted.
Liberalhammer
(576 posts)6. He is and always has been
A hack operative.
dlk
(11,569 posts)7. Roberts is much more partisan than is generally reported
Like many things Republican, it gets glossed over in the media.
fwvinson
(488 posts)8. WHY, MITCH?
Botany
(70,516 posts)9. And this is how democracies die
We are seeing the rule of the minority, blatant breaking of the law being supported
and covered up by the GOP, and Chief Justice John Roberts abdicating his Constitutionally
prescribed duty in order to help the fucking of America.