Not one of you Lefties can get in here and shed some light on why you piss your pants over some “obstruction” and can’t care less about other “obstruction”?
That should be easy to explain...no?
Daryl Hunt ?
There is a difference. What you call obstruction was just stalling. Before it got out of hand Obama relinquished what was demanded without any supreme court action. Nixon didn't. He went right down to the wire. And it looks like Trump is going to go down to the wire as well. He's trying to stall until AFTER the 2020 election. Not going to happen. It's way past stall tactics now. It's into Obstructionism. McConnel can't save him on this one.
And if you haven't noticed, there is no specific law that says the Supreme Court cannot try a sitting President for high crimes. What is used today is a policy by the Justice Department, not a law.
Here is a scenario. Trump defies Congress. The Justice Department (FBI) refuses to serve the papers. Congress kicks it to the Supreme Court. Trump defies the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court issues arrest paperwork. Even though the Marshal Service is also part of the Justice Department, their job is to apprehend people for the court systems. And at that point, Trump or his band of criminals would be up for arrest by court order. Does the Marshal Department do what they have always done and do their job (they are much older than all the rest of the Justice Department with a Stellar Record) or do the follow illegal orders from a criminal?
This isn't Impeachment process. It's outright criminal court. Trump can be in Prison and still be President in this case but I would imagine Amendment 25 would be invoked. And any of his criminal cronies would have to be let go and replaced. But they would even if they were lilly white innocent sooner or later.