According to the injunction of the Constitution, he can preside, but this is all, unless other powers are superadded by concession of the Senate, subject always to the constitutional limitation that the Senate alone can try, and, therefore, alone can rule or vote on questions which enter into the trial.
Sumner discusses the limited powers of a presiding officer as defined by the Constitution and the Senate's authority.
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