It is a neat irony that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced his resignation as minority leader on the same day that the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump should stand trial for plotting to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.

The justices expedited their intervention but not as fast as demanded by special counsel Jack Smith and the most unhinged Trump haters. Smith had been rushing to trial in early March, but the justices fixed April 22 to consider the constitutional questions. So a trial on the substance, if Trump’s bid for immunity fails, could start at about the same time as the Republican National Convention on July 15, when he is likely to be the nominee, and might not be over before Election Day.