From my perspective Chief Justice John Roberts is saying that this impeachment trial is unconstitutional.
The constitution requires the CJ to lead an impeachment trial. Roberts says he doesn’t need to be there since they are not impeaching a president. Ergo, the impeachment trial in unconstitutional.
Thoughts?
Thoughts are you’re spot on.
A laughable sham impeachment in the House, and the much greater laughable sham trial in the Senate, given the absence of both Justice and also the Chief Justice.
Both exercises are total theater without said president in office to impeach nor the cover of the Constitution to do it. The latter here would be true even if Roberts were willing to preside.
Then he becomes the equally laughable *CJ... (aka) “Comedian Justice of the Supreme Court”. :)