Senators gear up for no-talking, no-electronics impeachment trial rules
It will mark only the third time in American history that a President faces a Senate impeachment trial. The trial is expected to interfere with -- if not halt entirely -- the usual business of the Senate and senators will have to comply with a set of rules that are not usually enforced and that may test their patience. To start, lawmakers used to giving lengthy speeches on the Senate floor to weigh in on the issues of the day will instead have to be quiet.
Schumer"basically said, just be aware that you won't have your devices, and it'll just be a totally different environment," Casey said, adding,"The rule is no devices on the floor generally, but it will be strictly enforced." The no-devices rule was one of the items mentioned in the many presentations Schumer gave to the Senate Democratic caucus in their weekly lunches to prepare for the trial, a Senate Democratic aide told CNN.
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