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If a presiding Chief Justice can rule or vote, the Senate has not “the sole power to try”; for ruling and voting, even on interlocutory questions, may determine the trial.
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Sumner argues that if a presiding Chief Justice can rule or vote, it undermines the Senate's exclusive power to conduct trials.
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