Our prayers are with our country, all the members of the U.S. Senate and the president as this trial begins.

Despite the conceptual similarities, a Senate trial, formally referred to as a Court of Impeachment, is fundamentally different from a standard trial.

The U.S. executive branch has long been expanding its powers to wage war, writes Maryann Cusimano Love, but President Trump seems eager to go even further in acting without congressional authorization.

The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president's political opponents," he wrote.

Our civic duty requires us to rise above partisan and sectional interests and to act to preserve the constitutional order.

Why we need legislation to clarify the scope of executive privilege and to establish a streamlined legal process to resolve such claims.