The role of the chief justice in an impeachment trial
Sometime in the next week or two, the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will convene in the Senate. When it does, Chief Justice John Roberts will preside.
Sometime in the next week or two, the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will convene in the Senate. When it does, Chief Justice John Roberts will preside.
Frank Bowman is the Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor of Law at the University of Missouri Law School and Visiting Professor at Georgetown Law Center. My concerns with Kelly v. United States are two. First, the Supreme Court should not have granted certiorari.
This entry is part of our continuing commentary on the decisions yesterday in Gall v. US and Kimbrough v. US, both of which addressed issues in federal sentencing. This entry is by Frank Bowman of the University of Missouri School of Law. His bio and contact info are here.