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There has been a good deal written about Roberts’ role hoping that Roberts could wrench control from the politicians. For better or worse, Roberts is most likely to serve as a dignified figurehead in an affair entirely dominated by the Republican senatorial caucus. Here’s why.

The role of the chief justice in an impeachment trial - SCOTUSblog Sometime in the next week or two, the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will convene in the Senate. When it does, Chief Justice John Roberts will preside. There has been a good deal written about Roberts’ role, some of it intimating – or at least hoping – that Roberts could wrench co...

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More than 450 inmates are released in this state in largest one-day commutation in US history More than 450 inmates were released in Oklahoma on Monday as a result of a law that retroactively applies lower sentences for drug possession and low-level property crimes that voters approved in 2016.

A longtime deputy prosecutor in Spokane County, Washington, has been fired after a judge held him in contempt for an alleged argumentative tone and disrespectful attitude in an evidence dispute.

Kyle Treece, a senior attorney in the prosecuting attorney’s office, was fired Oct. 18, the Spokesman-Review reports.

Longtime prosecutor is fired after judge finds him in contempt for alleged disrespect A longtime deputy prosecutor in Spokane County, Washington, has been fired after a judge held him in contempt for an alleged argumentative tone and disrespectful attitude in an evidence dispute.