Spotlight will be on US chief justice in Trump trial and in major cases

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US Chief Justice John Roberts is poised to serve a highly visible though largely ceremonial role in the Senate impeachment trial of President ...

WASHINGTON: US Chief Justice John Roberts is poised to serve a highly visible though largely ceremonial role in the Senatedue next month. But it is in his day job on the Supreme Court that the mild-mannered jurist could have a bigger impact on Trump's presidency.

The Democratic-led House of Representatives on Wednesday made Trump only the third US president to be impeached, passing two formal charges - abuse of power and obstruction of Congress - arising from his request that Ukraine investigate political rival Joe Biden. "My sense is that the chief doesn't want to make himself the story," said Sarah Binder, a scholar at the Brookings Institution think tank.

"I think Chief Justice Roberts is likely to approach his role ... the way he has approached his judicial career to date: doing his best to be impartial, doing his best to preserve the dignity of his judicial office," Richards added.

 

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