It is a mistake to twist the Constitution in order to fashion a weapon to punish Donald Trump.

An understandable focus on impeachment has obscured the breadth of work Congress has undertaken in other areas to respond to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Read alongside one another, these clauses can lead to striking and provocative conclusions.

A summary of each day’s trial proceedings with analysis and reflections.

The overriding question in the pending trial is whether the Senate trial will be the occasion for a seminal judgment on Trump’s conception of the office of the presidency.