Trump Senate impeachment trial forces hard choices on Republicans and Democrats alike
I was one of the lawyers defending President Clinton in his 1999 Senate impeachment trial. Collegiality then was in short supply. Can it continue now?
Gregory B. Craig
Opinion contributor
When it came to drafting the rules for conducting former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, an outbreak of collegiality apparently occurred in the Senate. All the parties, including the House managers and Trump’s legal team, came to easy agreement on the procedural rules for the trial. They got to this result by deciding not to decide until a later vote one of the most important issues of the entire process whether witnesses will be called to testify. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell nevertheless deserve credit for reaching an agreement, and with 24 hours to spare.
When Yvette Joseph, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, ran for the 7th Legislative District in northeast Washington in 2004, she faced a structural disadvantage due to where the districtâs western border line was drawn.
âI looked and was sort of shocked that it ran right through the reservation. So essentially, half of my family could vote for me and the other half could not,â she said.
It may seem like an obscure act of cartography, but how Washington stateâs political maps are redrawn this year will help determine who gets elected and, in turn, the future of the state.
RBG, Kobe Bryant, Little Richard: Remembering notables who died in 2020
A look at the icons, newsmakers and stars we lost in a year dominated by COVID-19 and upheaval.
David Colton, Special to USA TODAY
Published
8:20 pm UTC Dec. 30, 2020
Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story had the incorrect year of Ray Manzarek’s death. He died in 2013.
In this year of the coronavirus pandemic, deaths were often just a cold statistic. Grieving families barely had a moment to say goodbye, to remember or to celebrate.
But every well-lived life, whether lost to disease, old age, accident or other cause, leaves positive paths forward, or sometimes cautionary tales, for family, friends or fans. Those memories can bring tears, renew faith, and often spark a smile when the hint of a grandparent shows up in the face of a newborn.
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