Trump said he would turn to the Supreme Court if the House moves to impeach him, though it is unclear what role the nation’s highest court could play if the president were to seek its help in such a situation
Although Trump claimed he would seek the Supreme Court's help if the House were to impeach him, the Supreme Courtunanimously in 1993 that authority for impeachment trials resides in Congress and ”nowhere else.”
Democratic leaders in the House rejected calls to immediately launch impeachment proceedings, instead pledging to continue the ongoing oversight investigations and refusing to take the possibility of impeachment off the table. Some Democrats have expressed worry that impeachment would only fuel the president's 2020 reelection campaign, arguing that removing him from office by defeating him at the ballot box next year would be more effective.
The power of impeachment belongs to Congress and proceedings must be launched in the House, according to the U.S. Constitution. If representatives vote to impeach, the case is tried in the Senate, where the votes of two thirds of the members present is required to remove an individual from office. The U.S. Constitution mandates the chief justice presides over the Senate impeachment trials of the president. Some legal scholars have claimed moves to impeach Trump could further entangle the Supreme Court if proceedings trigger judicial review of the standards for ejecting a sitting president.
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