Impeachment trial confronts memories of siege
By LISA MASCARO
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... Todd Shaw, an associate professor at University of South Carolina, said the founders envisioned a check on the presidency and the trial provides a moment that will demarcate whether American democracy makes a course correction and says “things have gone too far” — or not, he said ...
“Why bother? Why bother?” Pelosi asked. “Ask our founders why bother. Ask those who wrote the Constitution. Ask Abraham Lincoln” ...
Walking into the Capitol, it’s a changed place. Outside, razor wire tops tall fences ...
Inside, National Guards troops armed with long rifles patrol the marbled halls ...
... Broken glass remains on some windows ...
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-donald-trump-politics-trials-3173c8056d9331a0445949de69e5e9e0
