BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN HOST: And you, of course, are the person to ask of it because of your book on the Chief Justice. What would a Senate trial with John Roberts presiding look like?</s>JOAN BISKUPIC, CNN SUPREME COURT ANALYST: Well, first of all, no gold stripes, OK. He's not going to embellish his black robe. You know, I think this chief is going to be a little more skittish about coming over to the Senate side. Chief Justice Rehnquist was an amateur historian who had written a book on impeachments as a matter of fact. And even though Chief Justice John Roberts is a real student of history, he has increasingly tried to separate the Supreme Court from politics. But Brooke, it's right there in the Constitution, that it's the Chief Justice who presides over any Senate trial of a President. In fact, it's the only duty of the Chief Justice that's actually mentioned in the Constitution. So John Roberts, if it comes to an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, will cross the street, come over, probably be all business and try to follow his mentor's role in presiding in an efficient, smooth, noncontroversial manner over the Senate trial.</s>BALDWIN: Joan Biskupic, thank you so much for all of that. Coming up next, I will talk to a Republican strategist who says his party deserves what it gets if it doesn't stand up to President Trump now. You will hear his case for impeachment.
How Chief Justice Roberts Might Handle A Senate Trial