What? What is Schumer *doing*? You don't *ever* have jurors vote on a dispositive question at the *start* of a trial, as you thereby insure that they will pay virtually *no attention whatsoever* thereafter, having already decided the trial ought not proceed in the first instance. https://twitter.com/politico/status/1358915337299890178

(PS) To those saying "they already voted on that," my understanding is the prior, Rand Paul-demanded vote was a vote to proceed to an argument on the constitutional question, not a vote on the question itself.

Still, this vote benefits Trump—a lot—if he can get 34 or more votes.

(PS2) There's no question the majority of the Senate will vote that the trial is constitutional—that's not the issue. The issue is that if 34 or more Republicans vote to stop the trial they'll be able to spend the entirety of the trial calling everything Democrats do meaningless.

(PS3) The *core of Trump's defense at trial* is the constitutionality question, so if he gets 34 or more votes on the first day of the trial, his team and his supporters can honestly say that the verdict has in essence already been delivered—and everything else should be ignored.