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TEDITORIAL: THIS IS HOW THE SENATORS WILL HANDLE THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE. SENATE PRESIDENT JUAN PONCE ENRILE, WHO WAS WARNED BY DRILON THAT HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED, WILL ESCHEW TV AND RADIO AND THE NEWSPAPER SO HE CAN STUDY THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT WITHOUT STATIC AND NOISE. THIS WAS THE METHOD OF THE AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT, CIVIL WAR HERO, AND GREAT DISSENTER IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES who NEVER READ THE NEWSPAPER. HE WAS INTOLERANT OF MEDIOCRITY. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER TITO SOTTO SAYS THAT  HIS FINGER WILL ALWAYS BE ON SWITCH IN HIS HEAD. WHEN HE BUMPS INTO A BIAS HE WILL SWITCH IT OFF TO ENSURE ONLY THE MOST OBJECTIVE CONSIDERATION OF THE EVIDENCE. PIMENTEL AND LACSON WILL LIMIT THEMSELVES TO THE PLEADINGS AND THEIR INFORMED CONSCIENCE-ONE OF A LAWYER, ANOTHER OF A POLICE INVESTIGATOR. PIA CAYETANO MIGHT READ POSNER ON HOW JUDGES DECIDE. SHE IS RIGHT, OBJECTIVITY IS ACQUIRED AND DOES NOT COME NATURALLY TO THE MOB AND THE MEDIA.