No phones. No coffee. No talking. How senators are coping with long days of impeachment arguments

WASHINGTON - No cellphones, no reading material, no talking. Not even coffee - just uncomfortable chairs to sit in, water or milk to drink and the monologues of the House impeachment managers and President Donald Trump's lawyers for eight or more hours per day.

These are the rules imposed on 100 senators as they proceed through what could be 10 or more long days of Senate jury duty. Lawmakers have been instructed by the Senate sergeant at arms to remain quiet "on pain of imprisonment" - or at the very least, the scourge of political backlash.

While weighing the heavy constitutional matters