The first president, George Washington, set the example for the office by which all others are judged. At that root is relativism and its stronger and later intellectual heirs. According to relativism, nothing is true except that which we make so. If nothing is true, if reason can discover no guide for human action, then two things follow. The first is personal.
Relativism is an invitation to vice.
The second consequence of relativism is political. If there is a right to do wrong, if there is no distinction between right and wrong, then the limits on government disappear. The political impulse of this administration is that the government may do whatever it pleases. The personal impulse is the same. But elections have no higher standing under our Constitution than the impeachment process.