first time a president sworn in by a chief justice he voted against

[brucejoel99]

Relevant update: a new President being sworn-in by a Chief Justice whose confirmation he voted against as a Senator happened yet again earlier this year, marking only the 2nd such occurrence in American history.

[brucejoel99]

If Trump had won re-election, we would have witnessed the first time a Chief Justice swore in a president whose impeachment trial he had presided over (twice).

Tbf, if Trump had actually won re-election, then there presumably wouldn't have been a 2nd trial on account of there having presumably been no need for there to be an insurrection for Trump to have incited in such an alternate timeline.

[brucejoel99]

If Trump had won re-election, we would have witnessed the first time a Chief Justice swore in a president whose impeachment trial he had presided over (twice).

Tbf, if Trump had actually won re-election, then there presumably wouldn't have been a 2nd trial on account of there having presumably been no need for there to be an insurrection for Trump to have incited in such an alternate timeline.

And furthermore, Roberts did not preside over Trump's second impeachment trial.

Yes, but only because Trump was no longer the incumbent President by the time when the trial began. In an alternate universe in which Trump won re-election & then managed to get himself impeached again, though, Roberts obviously would've presided again.