@nycsouthpaw is a lawyer I've followed on Twitter for a while. I do not know his politics; I follow him because he offers intelligent analysis and context and breakdown and reading between the lines on the legal aspects of various current events. Folks such as Southpaw often provide more detailed insight than what is available on more mainstream outlets - whether TV, print, or online. In fact, at least one important point in Southpaw's Twitter thread was not mentioned during my 20 minutes of listening to MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN this morning - and that included several minutes' worth of an interview with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. With McConnell's proposed trial procedures - which are due to be debated/discussed today as the trial begins - for the POTUS impeachment trial just having been announced yesterday evening, I was looking for some explanation of what the procedures mean and what type of trial seems to be the goal of such procedures. This brief...