Kendan Bendt
Reporter
Adam Schiff said it best: our republic is in danger. A lazy House of Representatives too concerned with political timing to drag the Trump administration to court is bringing a weak case in front of a Senate determined to rush through a trial they control. A trial with no witnesses and no official record of evidence outside the opening arguments from either side.
In a trial where the jurors have already declared a result prior to hearing opening arguments (see Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declaring Trump would never be
removed weeks before an official trial date was set), nobody seems to care about the apparently foregone conclusion. The average American citizen seems to be incapable of following the trial, with apathy (or a lack of entertainment value) preventing people from tuning into the broadcast.
Senators – the supposedly impartial jurors – break decorum constantly. Their antics include leaving to take phone calls, leaving to take bathroom breaks, talking amongst themselves and, in Senator Rand Paul’s case, making paper airplanes and writing an SOS sign for cameras.
As Americans seem to ignore the entire process, the House of Representatives trial managers can’t seem to present properly what, according to them, is an open-and-shut case, the Senators (especially Senate Republicans) ignore their responsibility to pay attention to the case they’re supposed to be trying, and Chief Justice John Roberts twiddles his thumbs while what is essentially his courtroom fails to execute its one job.
So what can you do? Open a bag of popcorn, sit in your favorite chair, and watch the fireworks (or lack thereof). The embers from the burning constitution will pop your popcorn. After all, if others can’t be bothered to save our country from itself, why should you be?
