But that said, Adam Schiff rose to the occasion to answer the call and meet the moment, summarizing each day's presentations to senators with equal parts eloquence, forthrightness and courage. I believe his series of speeches this week before the Senate will long be remembered as one of the most robust and passionate defenses of America's democratic institutions and constitutional principles in our history.

And thanks to the leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team, Donald Trump has been exposed to the nation and the world for exactly who he is - a bully, blowhard and fraud.

Anyone know?

They have played their little hear no evil thing long enough no one thinks they care about anything but self preservation.

Jeralyn: "One other quibble: Schiff ended with the concept of a fair trial and said 'Give America a fair trial.' Sorry, but the Sixth Amendement guarantees a fair trial to the accused, the defendant on trial -- not crime victims."

... when the foreman of the jury is allowed to collude with the defendant for the expressed purpose of dictating to the jurors, the prosecutors and the trial judge the scope and parameters by which said trial shall be conducted, including whether or not evidence is to even be admitted and witnesses are to even be called?

Just sayin', Jeralyn. I think you know exactly what Adam Schiff meant in this particular moment, when he argued passionately for the Senate to "give America a fair trial." He was appealing beyond those senators in attendance to the rest of our country at large. He was speaking to the ages, and accounting for posterity's sake the Republican cover-up that's about to take place here.

And yet, you've somehow managed to misrepresent all that by conflating standard due process and trial procedure in civil and criminal court with the impeachment process in Congress -- which, as we should all know by now, is a wholly unique and hybrid process crafted by our country's Founders to account for the political passions of any given moment, as well as for the rule of law.

Yours, therefore, appears to me to be a "quibble" without much substance. Further, it does an incredible disservice to the truly heroic stand that Rep. Schiff and his House manager colleagues have taken here for the sake of our country's Constitution and the rule of law. Because they're standing upon bedrock principle at a time when all too many of us take such principle for granted or worse, view it as a disposable commodity, they and their loved ones have been subjected to threats of harm and even death.

Further, I would ask that you consider this: If Trump, Barr, Pompeo, et al., are allowed to subvert Article I of our Constitution for the mere sake of political and legal expediency, what makes you believe that the rest of the Constitution and its underlying principles will still be held by this president or future presidents as both sacrosanct and inviolate?

"A republic -- if you can keep it." Those words, uttered by Benjamin Franklin 233 years ago, ring just as true today as they did in 1787. So, please think large, Jeralyn, rather than quibble about a minor rhetorical detail which can serve only to provide a welcome distraction for weak-minded MAGA-lovers on the right from the now-deadly serious issue and debate that's presently before us.

Now more than ever in this time of constitutional crisis, your country is depending upon you and other like-minded officers of the court, who respect and honor both our Constitution and the rule of law, to stand resolute in their defense and be counted on the side of the angels. And as you do so, may you rest assured that true patriots everywhere will be standing shoulder to shoulder with you.

Alan Dershowitz: "If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment."

Somebody needs to run to the store and get us another case of "Oy!" Because at this rate, we're likely to run out of them before sundown.