If the House is unable to make headway against Trump [View all]

[DavidDvorkin]

Unable to enforce its subpoenas or contempt charges, then inevitably a future president -- probably Republican, but possibly Democratic -- will force Congress into an even more subordinate position. Trump is raising the bar, and future presidents will raise it still higher. This isn't new. It's been going on since the founding of the country, but we've reached an especially dangerous point in the process.

Somehow, and I admit I don't know how, the House must manage to enforce its will and break Trump's defiance. The alternative is a continued and ever faster descent into absolute monarchy.