Let the Senate ImpeachmentTrial be Swift

President Trump at the White House on Dec. 12. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

The Constitution says that the Senate, “shall have the sole power to try all impeachments.” The immediate question before us is when? Speaker Nancy Pelosi initially said that she will hold up delivering their two articles of impeachment to the Senate until the democrats know what the rules will be. Reality is that the rules will be what the Republicans want, no matter how long Pelosi hangs back.