When the second and final impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump begins Tuesday, Lewis Carroll may prove a better guide to unraveling the proceedings than the squads of legal experts in boxes on cable TV.Trump’s lawyers will certainly make the risible argument that the president was simply offering a learned commentary on election laws rather than inciting people to riot with his incendiary words at the January 6 rally. That claim should bring to mind Humpty Dumpty, who said in Through the Looking Glass, “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—nothing more and …read more
Source:: The New Republic
