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> such that the present constitutional crisis can fade away without anyone having to do anything that might significantly upset the status quo?
Why would we want that? What good would that do us? No, we have a legal crisis here and we most definitely want it answered one way or another, not to just fade away in the hopes in never comes back. People like Bush and Cheney don't just go away when you wish real hard.
We have an elected civil servant who claims that the country is his oyster, his own personal playground where his will be done no matter what. That there is literally no crime so blatant or outrageous he could commit or order committed that he can be held accountable for should he wish not to be.
That sort of attitude is certain death for a free society. It must be shown once and for all that the Executive is merely an important part of the civil government, NOT the sole embodiment of national power. The neocons will never back down, so the only ways for this will end are if the whole top echelon get forcibly removed from power or they are allowed to complete this coup d'etat they've been working on for 6 years. If Congress, the courts, and the people refuse to do anything about it, then this country is already dead, the corpse just hasn't finished twitching.
