Now we're getting somewhere...

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/11/chief_justice_roberts_now_dragged_into_democrat_impeachment_process_.html

QuoteThe target of Democrat zealots in the House of Representatives led by Speaker Pelosi and Adam Schiff is to impeach and remove President Donald Trump.  Sadly for him, the person they have a much higher probability of removing from his lofty perch is Chief Justice John Roberts.  The famous cliché, the law of unintended consequences, is fast approaching.

In an earlier American Thinker blog post, I asked a very simple question of Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts: Mr. Chief Justice, what did you do about the fraud on your Court?

He and he alone "owns" the FISC, so he must be held accountable for any court actions.  However, even if he has acted to clear up the egregious frauds, so far, only a few publicly reported with probably more to come, he has a significant problem if the Democrat leaders of the House vote out articles of impeachment for a Senate trial of our president.

The chief justice has just become a fact witness in the impeachment process because of Fiona Hill's testimony.  It is Chairman Schiff's hearing, and his witness, and he is responsible for building the evidence to impeach President Trump.  Consequently, when Fiona Hill testified about her relationship with Christopher Steele's work product, a public connection was made between the impeachment process and the fraudulent document used in the FISC process to unmask innocent Americans and target political opponents.

Leaving Clarence Thomas as next in line or would it go to a rotation of some type?

I think Clarence remembers some of the Democrats and how they treated him.

Quote from: carolina73 on November 24, 2019, 07:05:06 AM
Leaving Clarence Thomas as next in line or would it go to a rotation of some type?

I think Clarence remembers some of the Democrats and how they treated him.

The President chooses the CJ if the current CF dies, resigns or is impeached.  He can nominate a current justice or as GWB did, nominate a new justice as CJ to take the place of the disposed CF.

QuoteThe chief justice of the United States[1][2] is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, and as such the highest-ranking officer of the federal judiciary. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution grants plenary power to the president of the United States to nominate, and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, appoint a chief justice, who serves until they resign, are impeached and convicted, retire, or die.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States

Quote from: Sauce on November 24, 2019, 08:49:00 AM
The President chooses the CJ if the current CF dies, resigns or is impeached.  He can nominate a current justice or as GWB did, nominate a new justice as CJ to take the place of the disposed CF.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States

I was thinking more about  if he had to recuse himself than leave in any manner.