Tuesday, September 06, 2005

So, Bush Wants Roberts to be Chief Justice. Why?

Entirely from EconAtheist Blog b/c he says it so perfectly: "Rehnquist's death opened up the possibility and the Chief Justice position is more often than not filled by someone w/o any SCOTUS experience. One thing that I had forgotten about is the fact that "The Constitution stipulates that the Chf Justice shall preside when the Senate tries an impeachment of the Pres" [Article I, Section 3, Clause 6]. Hmm... Bush is looking ahead, is he not? According to this American Bar Association document, "The Presiding Officer makes initial rulings on motions and objections, but these judgments may be reviewed by the Senate and reversed by a simple majority." *Scenario 1* Let's pretend for a moment that it's late '06, the House votes through articles of impeachment and it goes to the Senate -which will likely still have at least 51 (R)s -for trial. Barring an (R) actually deviating from his/her party line, any initial ruling on motions and objections will stand -these are GWB's pals, underlings, and sycophants we're talking about here. I can hardly imagine all the objections to evidence and potential testimony; I can easily imagine Roberts sustaining objections up the wazoo. *Scenario 2* Maybe the Bush camp wants this Roberts thing to drag out and sees an incredibly lengthy set of Roberts confirmation hearings as nothing more than a win-win scenario; if he's eventually approved, they win... if he's not approved, think of this: Let's still take everything from Scenario 1 above, but this time think of a case where no Chf Justice sits, i.e. Roberts' nomination is either (1) still being held up in the Senate, or that (2) Roberts not confirmed, no other potential SCOTUS justice nominated/ confirmed by this time, and no Assoc Justice raised to Chf Justice. Who presides over a presidential impeachment in this case? The Vice Pres. That's right: Dick Cheney." OMFG... I can't bear to watch much more from this theocratic fascist and his cabal... I think I'm gonna pull an Oedipus Rex-like stunt and poke out my eyes w/a brooch.
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