If theres one thing most Americans have in common, its fairness. Fairness is really, Doing unto to others as you would have them do unto you. The Golden Rule.

However, to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, we are now engaged in a great societal Civil War, testing American fairness. Was the Impeachment process fair?

No, say Trumpists, no witnesses against the Bidens were called to testify. But then it wasnt Joe Biden or his son that were being impeached, and even if they had committed some kind of crime (no proof of that has ever been found just unfair allegations besmirching their good names), it would not change what President Donald Trump did in what is now the most famous attempted and documented quid pro quo in history.

So, despite the Impeachment brought in accordance with our Constitution, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in preparing for a trial, is working with the defense team to prepare for it -- as if the foreman of a jury and some jurors can work with a defendant and be fair. Such jurors would be dismissed by any judge.

In fairness, no senator of either party who has already reached a verdict should sit as a juror in the trial. Its the American way.

Mel Maurer,

Westlake

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Senators who cant be impartial on impeachment should recuse - cleveland.com