Listening to Trump's pugnacious and mendacious defense team's closing arguments, I was reminded of leaders around the world who, when bought to justice, claim in their defense that the judicial system holding them to account does not have the authority to try them.
In Trump's case, that question had been settled when the Senate voted that the impeachment was permitted under the constitution. Continuing to make the unconstitutionality argument after that decision only emphasized how undemocratic Trump and his team are. And by extension, so are all the senators who considered Trump culpable but voted to acquit on the grounds of unconstitutionality.
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