Can the senate put a time limit on the trial?

[mysteryowl]

I would not put it past republicans to drag the trial on for months as part of their obstruction tactics.

[getagrip_already]

1. the senate can do whatever it wants....

All it takes is a vote to end debate and move to a vote.

Besides, if we control the floor we can control the witnesses in the same way mcconnel did.

[mysteryowl]

2. Thanks for your comments.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. IMO, a prolonged trial works against the GOP.

The evidence is so damning, so obvious, that a drawn-out trial will make Trump's criminality more difficult to bury. That's why the (reported) sentiment from Biden, that the trial be short, is not really desirable. It's as if Biden fails to understand how powerful Trump's fascist movement really is. Trump must be definitively buried in a political sense. He is the head of a domestic terrorist force. We can't just move on. We have to face the threat directly and forcefully. Biden should know better than to put on a show trial and move on. This is serious.

[Iggo]

4. A quick trial is in the repubs' favor. Why would they want to drag it out....

...with more and more witnesses and more and more evidence?

[RockCreek]

5. I'm wary of time limits after seeing how that affected the Thomas hearings

In 1991.