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PufPuf23

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5. Related question but how is it that Chief Justice Roberts
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:43 PM
Feb 2021

can chose not to preside? Constitution says shall preside.

>>Article 1 - Section 3. The Senate
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

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