SCOTUS: No Articles of Impeachment or a Trial Are Required For The Senate to Acquit President Trump SCOTUS: No Articles of Impeachment or a Trial Are Required For The Senate to Acquit President Trump Key quote:  "This means that if the Senate acquits Trump immediately – without a trial – the Supreme Court has no authority, whatsoever, to review the Senate’s acquittal, and there isn’t a damn thing the House can do about it."