The Second Time Around

The only thing anyone knows about a trial for Trump following his second impeachment is that there's going to be one.  But no one knows how or when it would be conducted.  All we know for certain is that the Senate trial doesn't start until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivers the article of impeachment for inciting an insurrection to the Senate, and she ain't saying when she plans to do that.  Should she do so right after President-elect Biden is sworn in, the Senate would have to start the trial immediately, possibly keeping the Senate from confirming Biden's appointees.  Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer (below), soon to become Senate Majority Leader, could decide to bifurcate the Senate schedule to allow both orders of business . . . unless the Senate parliamentarian says you can't do that.  (Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is AWOL on this one.)

And meanwhile, Trump could issue a whole bunch of pardons today and after, perhaps even one for . . . himself.  Which, I assume would pretty much take care of the Senate trial! (Joke.)

Ad there's a pandemic raging, Biden might have a hard time dealing with it with an impeachment trial and more threats of anti-Biden violence, and Mike Pompeo is continuing to etch bad foreign-policy initiatives in stone with the supposition that Tony Blinken might not get confirmed as successor until late February.

To my readers: Don't you dare wish me a happy new year! 😠