By Bill Mears
Fox News
December 23, 2019
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts would fill the unique role of presiding over a Senate impeachment trial of President Trump; David Spunt reports.
Just hours after House Democrats began their impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Chief Justice John Roberts seemed to anticipate the partisan storm headed his way.
“When you live in a polarized political environment, people tend to see everything in those terms,” Roberts said in September. “That’s not how we at the court function and the results in our cases do not suggest otherwise.”