The outcome is all but certain. The Democrats, of course, are brandishing the poll results as if they were Excalibur, King Arthur's utterly decisive sword. In 1774, he told his constituents that in crucial matters concerning the whole nation, he would vote his conscience and would not consider it necessary to consult the people of Bristol, who had elected him. As for obstruction of justice, there has been insufficient illumination by the press of a series of statements by various women, discarded by the president, who have since been subject to intimidation, including threats, to persuade them not to testify against him. Maybe other possibly incriminating figures in the president's past should be placed in the witness-protection program.
Crime is contagious.
And if members of Congress become accomplices in the president's lawbreaking, they will have subverted not only the presidency but Congress itself. The presidency is surely disfigured temporarily. The clear constitutional remedy is to remove the officeholder. Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First Amendment and the rest of the Bill of Rights.