moment for him. now the hard work begins of course in the next stage which is what is his role going forward? how does he carve out a role in what is this new era? is it clear at this point how he is thinking? we did get a sense of how he does see his role going forward in his speech yesterday it was his first address to the nation as king charles iii and he gave that address from buckingham palace and he actually knowledge that his position will now change within the royal family. he has in the past taken a bit more of a activist role and that has seen him face some criticism in the past because the queen and members of the royal family are remembered to be apolitical and he took a stance on matters that may not they have been openly about in the past such as climate change, champing in the environment and other causes including agriculture and he has faced criticism for that in the past but he knows that his
of an approach from chief justice roberts. he ll be more of a custodian than he will a trial judge and even if he were to take some sort of a more activist role, perhaps trying to interject some of the fairness concerns that democrats will raise, it would only take a vote of 51 senators to overturn any decision that he makes, so the chief justice will be well aware of this and i think he ll use his power very sparingly. in terms of that question of if there s a trial, beth, then if there is a trial, what that trial would like like in the senate, that s obviously the source of a standoff right there. we played a bit of that ad, the republican group, republicans for the rule of law as reasoning, trying to get susan collins, trying to bring her toward the democratic side on that question of the rules there, maybe ultimately on the question of trump s fate. i m curious how much pressure, really, politically, could be brought to bear from that side on somebody like collins, somebody like
it very well. i think we ll see that same sort of an approach from chief justice roberts. he ll be more of a custodian than he will a trial judge, and even if he were to take some sort of a more activist role, perhaps trying to interject some of the fairness concerns that democrats will raise, it would only take a vote of 51 senators to overturn any decision that he makes. so the chief justice will be well aware of this, and i think he ll use his power very sparingly. in terms of that question of if there s a trial, beth, what that trial would look like in the senate, that s obviously the source of a standoff right now. we played a bit of that ad. this is a republican group, republicans for the rule of law is running, trying to bring susan collins toward the democratic side on that question of the rules there, maybe ultimately on the question of trump s fate. i m curious how much pressure really politically could be brought to bear from that side on somebody like collins, somebody li
going to have super bowl on a sunday, iowa caucus on monday, and state of the union on tuesday with perhaps an impeachment verdict as well. and seven days after that state of the union, the new hampshire primary. so it continues without a break there. joyce vance, i guess we have to preface this by saying if there is a senate trial, the contours of which to be determined, but if there is a senate trial, it would of course be the chief justice of the supreme court, john roberts, who has the duty of presiding over it. i know there s some conversation there about what that role would look like if that is a more ceremonial role maybe as we saw with william rehnquist back in 1999 with the clinton impeachment, or if he does decide to take a more active role, what could you expect from roberts in a trial? i don t think we ll see chief justice roberts take an activist role. he, after all, reveres justice rehnquist, who famously said that when it came to impeachment, he said, i did nothing
iowa caucus on monday, state of the union on tuesday, perhaps an impeachment verdict as well. seven days after that state of the union, the new hampshire primaries. it continues without a break there. joyce vance, i guess we have to preface this by saying, if there is a senate trial, the contours of which to be determined, but if there is a senate trial, it would, of course, be the chief justice of the supreme court, john roberts, who has the duty of presiding over it. i know there s some conversation there about what that role would look like if that is a more ceremonial role, maybe as we saw with william rehnquist back in 1999 with the clinton impeachment or if he does decide to take a more active role, what could you expect from roberts in a trial? i don t think we ll see chief justice roberts take an activist role. he, after all, reveres justice rehnquist, who famously said that when it came to impeachment, he said i did nothing in particular but i did it very well. i think we