Impartial Justice and Republican Morals
and can they fulfill their oath?
On Tuesday, January 27th, the Senate was sworn in as jurors for former President Trump’s second impeachment trial.
As part of their oath as jurors, they swear, under oath, the following words:
I solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of , now pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws: so help me God.
This is not different than the juries present at trials around the county. When you join a jury trial, you are supposed to be impartial.
All decisions made should be guided by the facts presented. The evidence should be the sole deciding factor when the jury votes guilty or innocent.
Every decision made for their future conviction should be judged in a vacuum, unaffected by who this individual is, or what the repercussions of the decisions might be.
That’s the ideal.
That is what every juror around the country is expected to do when they are placed on a jury.
