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Obligated to give all information requested. president trumps attempt to stonewall congress would have shocked those presidents. with only a few exceptions in vocations of the impeachment power subsided. from 1868 to 1972. and yet even in that period, while objecting to ordinary legislative oversight, presidents ulysses s. grant and theodore roosevelt and grover cleveland said that congress could obtain key documents in the impeachment inquiry and thus confirming that impeachment is different. u...

Obligated to give all information requested. president trumps attempt to stonewall congress would have shocked those presidents. with only a few exceptions invocations of the impeachment power subsided from 1868 to 1972. yet nevin that period, while objecting to ordinary legislative oversight, presidents grant, cleveland and roosevelt each noted that congress could obtain key executive branch documents in an impeachment inquiry. they thus confirmed yet again that impeachment is different. under ...

That means the president may exercise only the powers vested in him by the constitution. he must also respect the legal limits on the exercise of those powers. a president who egregiously refuses to follow these restrictions by engaging in wrongful conduct may be subject to impeachment for abuse of power. two american impeachment inquiries involved claims a president grossly violated the separation of powers. the first was in 1868 when the house impeached president andrew johnson who had succeed...

Constitution, first giving the house sole authority to impeach, and second, giving the senate sole authority to try to impeachment. if the founders had intended for the senate to serve as some kind of appellate body, you know, they would have said that, but no, instead they wrote this. article i section 3, the senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. the senate has always received the relevant documents in impeachment trials and, indeed, the senates own rules of procedure and pr...

Sole authority only twice in the constitution, first giving the house sole authority to impeach, and second giving the senate sole authority to try that impeachment. if the founders had intended for the senate to serve as an appellate body, they would have said that. into, instead they wrote this. article i section 3, the senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. the senate has always received the relevant documents in impeachment trials and indeed the senates own rules of proced...

Senators are going to, you know, check their partisan identity at the door, so to speak. he went on to note every democratic senator in 98 voted not to remove president clinton. eve every demonstrate in 1868 voted not to remove andrew johnson. but to move forward without hearing from the key players that this could set a dangerous precedent. lets listen to what he said. >> the idea that republicans in the senate from an institutional precedent they are setting is okay we wont let anybody testify...

Apples-to-apples and what do you think about the words undercutting him now. >> it is great to see larry king. so happy new year to him. look, i dont think anybody expects senators to check their partisan identity at the door in a senate trial. it is not a coincidence that every democratic senator in 1998 voted not to remove bill clinton from office and for ma matter every democratic senator in 1868 voted not to remove andrew johnson from office but there is a distance between saying that youre ...

Which fascinates me is the whole role of chief justice john roberts. ive heard differing opinions about how much he might play into this, whether hell sit back, whether hell let it play out. hes somebody who has not wanted the court or himself to be seen as particularly partisan. he surprised some republicans with his votes, deciding votes in some controversial cases. what do you see as his role and could he change the equation for what happens in this trial, for lack of a better word? >> your p...

Justice department made a filing last week in federal court in the mcgahn case which said that case is now moot because he has been impeached. nobody -- i think nobody serious really believes this. >> and let me get your thoughts the role joint chief justice john roberts will play in this. he is expected to preside over the trial. there are sparks between president trump going after chief justice roberts on twitter over the past year or so. what do you expect him to play? does he have any actual...

Fair path forward is presented. so how does impeachment work in the senate with a trial? cnns victor blackwell explains. >> reporter: house democrats and white house officials are spending the holidays prepping for the presidents senate trial. heres how it will all work. the rules were written for andrew johnsons trial in 1868. everything is minutely choreographed. the sergeant of arms kicks things off. >> hear ye, hear ye. all persons are commanded to keep silent while the senate of the united ...