Either they are violating the Constitution or they are not. I argued that they are not...
...I purposely, and ironically, used the phrase. Anyway, it always a question of line- crossing....
...There are always grey areas, or the application of the law would be mechanical and uncontroversial. The question is how broad or narrow is the area requiring fine judgments, and how compelling are the arguments supporting these judgments....
...The "good policy" comment came before I responded to a valid point made by Achilles, the "incumbent upon" after. I explained the change already...
...Actually, all of the charges that have formally been lodged against Clinton have to do with the integrity of the process, which he violated, and without which there is no hope for justice...
...Of course justice and law are not perfectly correlated. There is an irreducible level of uncertainty. Even if it were only 0.01%, it would mean that in 1 out of every ten thousand cases, a mistake is made. Plus, the law is crude, and subject to revision, and overburdened with contingency (is the judge harsh or lenient, for example). The point is to reduce whimsy and guard the integrity of the process insofar as is possible...
...I think that we have reason to believe that Clinton has had a pattern of bad behavior with women, but, once again, those were not the grounds of impeachment.... |
