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Kid Berwyn

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22. Guy earned his Sgt. Pepper stripes shepherding Iran Contra blame from Poppy.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 08:41 PM
Jan 2020
Roberts & the 'Apex of Presidential Power'

By Nat Parry
September 6, 2005

EXCERPT...

In the 1980s, Roberts also provided legal advice to the Reagan administration on how to pick its way around the legal obstacles erected by Congress to limit military and other assistance to the Nicaraguan contra rebels who were fighting to overthrow Nicaragua’s leftist Sandinista government.

SNIP…

Conflict of Interest

Regarding the Hamdan case, Roberts also saw no impropriety in his simultaneous interviewing with senior administration officials for a life-time job on the Supreme Court and his judging of a case in which Bush was a defendant.

On April 1, Roberts was interviewed by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who had formulated many of the arguments for the “apex of presidential power,” including Bush’s right to override anti-torture laws.

Other interviews with Roberts were conducted by Vice President Dick Cheney; White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card; White House legal counsel Harriet Miers; Bush’s chief political strategist Karl Rove; and Cheney’s chief of staff Lewis Libby.

CONTINUED…

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2005/090605.html
I think you are mistaking Roberts for someone Bettie Jan 2020 #1
Guy helped protect Poppy Bush in Iran Contra. Kid Berwyn Jan 2020 #3
The Senate makes the rules on the trial, not Roberts. It isn't a judicial activity. comradebillyboy Jan 2020 #2
The Senate may make rules for debate, Kid Berwyn Jan 2020 #4
Yes, but in an impeachment trial, it has to make the rules up front, not as it goes along. ancianita Jan 2020 #7
Thank you. Kid Berwyn Jan 2020 #13
I hear you. It all sounds counterintuitive to me, too, until you get to the strict adherence to ancianita Jan 2020 #15
The request would be out of order FBaggins Jan 2020 #5
So why did the Founders put him in charge of the trial? Kid Berwyn Jan 2020 #6
When the Constitution says he "presides," it doesn't mean that in ANOTHER branch, he can run ancianita Jan 2020 #9
Because ordinarily the presiding officer in Senate proceedings is the Vice President onenote Jan 2020 #11
They didn't FBaggins Jan 2020 #14
Because, as explained multiple times, Roberts doesn't have that authority. onenote Jan 2020 #8
Not even ensuring the rules are kept, either. He functions solely as a judicial witness. ancianita Jan 2020 #10
So he is more like a referee? nt Karma13612 Jan 2020 #12
Not even. Referees get to enforce rules, make calls. He's simply a judicial witness. That's it. ancianita Jan 2020 #16
Wow! Sounds pretty toothless. Karma13612 Jan 2020 #18
It's just something we have to face about coequal govt. ancianita Jan 2020 #20
Presiding to McConnell only means Roberts is warming a chair. Thomas Hurt Jan 2020 #17
It's not McConnell's Senate. Place belongs to We the People. Kid Berwyn Jan 2020 #21
You mean Bernie, from Weekend at Bernie's? gratuitous Jan 2020 #19
Guy earned his Sgt. Pepper stripes shepherding Iran Contra blame from Poppy. Kid Berwyn Jan 2020 #22
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