Wait so CJ Roberts is admonishing BOTH sides?

[Roland99]

Missed what he said

[ripcord]

1. I hate to say it but he had no choice

The Senate is not on trial here, as much as it should be. Roberts is really just a moderator, his only job is to enforce order and the Senate rules, he doesn't control what those rules are.

[Roland99]

2. Was unclear what the house mgrs had done wrong

[ripcord]

4. Nadler accused Senate republicans of a cover up

[Roland99]

5. Well, he's right. :)

[Miguelito Loveless]

3. Then he is not "presiding" over the proceedings

And should leave rather than give it legitimacy.

Of course, he won’t because Dictator Trump is what he desires.

[djg21]

6. He also had to preserve the appearance of objectivity.

Judges often admonish both sides when one side engages in problematic courtroom behavior. This eliminates any suggestion of bias. The upside is judges are unlikely to forget, and once an attorney loses his or her credibility in the eyes of a judge, he or she is unlikely to regain it. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.

[malaise]

7. One of the President's lawyers lied to the Senate, the Chief Justice. the House Managers

and members of the press. That is way worse than anything associated with decorum,
He should be disbarred

[bullwinkle428]

8. Channeling his inner Chuck Todd.