[TheConservator]

But is this really a law-enforcement issue? Federal statutory and regulatory books now burst into the thousands upon thousands of pages. Must the fact that a statute is inevitably implicated always mean we should delegate our political and national security issues — our policy disputes — to the federal courts for resolution?

In a perfect world, no. But in the real world, the Democrats are going to keep doing this to the Republicans until the Republicans make the Democrats taste their own blood.

Reagan had it right: Peace through strength. Here, the Dems will perceive the aggressive pursuit of criminal charges as strength, and the course of action recommended by the author as weakness--which will only incite the Democrats further.

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Here, the Dems will perceive the aggressive pursuit of criminal charges as strength, and the course of action recommended by the author as weakness--which will only incite the Democrats further.

That's exactly right.