For this reason, the Supreme Court lacks any judicially manageable standards to decide a challenge to a supposedly improper impeachment trial on the merits. Therefore, the political process is the only viable solution to any perceived improper impeachment trial, not judicial review as suggested by Mr. Robenalt. Imagine if the Supreme Court took James Robenalt’s suggestion and reviewed a presidential impeachment. Judicial review would also place the chief justice in the unseemly position of reviewing a trial over which he presided. Nothing in the Constitution requires the chief justice to abide by Senate rules.

Source: Washington Post January 16, 2020 22:41 UTC