Will they uphold their oaths?

Senator Lindsey Graham registering his oath
to do impartial justice

Just when we're exhausted from the assassination followed by the missile strikes followed by the Ukrainian jet shot down followed by a vote to deliver the articles of impeachment, we wake up Wednesday morning to watch a solemn speech by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Then at 2 pm Pacific Standard Time (5 pm EST), we watch the procession of House managers carrying the articles of impeachment to the Senate.

But the Senate turns them away.  Come back tomorrow at noon.



Thursday at noon (9 am in California) we watch Chief Justice John Roberts being sworn in to preside over the Senate trial.

Then we watch him swear in all the senators.

"Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws, so help you God?" Roberts asked them. 

 

Then we watch them sign the register, recording their oath to "do impartial justice" and to uphold the US Constitution in this trial.  

But will they uphold their oaths?