The chief justice doesn’t rule the Senate

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The Senate’s impeachment trial of President Trump has entered its second week. Some of the president’s critics have concerns with how it’s going — and they want Chief Justice John Roberts to do something about it.

In a recent opinion piece, Neal Katyal, Joshua Geltzer, and Mickey Edwards assert that Roberts can require witnesses such as John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney to testify if the House impeachment managers first ask him to do so. But their argument rests on a flawed reading of the Senate’s rules and practices.

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