Watching the Senate

Andrew Trees' op-ed of Jan. 21 was an "epic proportion" misinformation. Quoting Senators McConnell and Gramm, that they are not impartial jurors, Mr. Trees suggests that unless President Trump is removed from office it is not a fair trial. Mr. Trees, the Senate is not on trial; the Articles of Impeachment are.

The Senate as the jury is entrusted with determining if the impeachment evidence justifies the removal of the president from office. The Founding Fathers' great concern was that the House of Representatives of one party disagrees with the president of the other party would use the impeachment power to remove the president. To prevent this, the founders set an extremely high bar for impeachment: Treason, high crimes and misdemeanors.

Misdemeanor is more than pilfering the petty cash. The House Democrats (strictly along party lines) ignored the constitutionally required crimes and voted for two articles of impeachment which if allowed to stand would set a precedent that would damage the country irreparably.

The Constitution was trampled, the law swept aside. The first article claims "abuse of power" related to foreign policy. The Constitution gives the president the sole power to manage the country's foreign policy and any intrusion into that power is unconstitutional.

This impeachment sham is a rotten apple. Rotten apples don't make apple pies.

Mr. Trees, you are right, the Senate is on trial. We the people are waiting to see who in the Senate stands up to defend the Constitution, the rule of law and a Republic as the Founding Fathers hoped for and envisioned.

Laszlo Stephan

Elmhurst