...although it would be an ideal outcome.
In any rate, Trump is unlikely to do much about it. And gridlock will be the rule of the day.
If we take the House alone: We can stymie any further moves by Trump that require legislative approval, but not, unfortunately, SCOTUS appointments. We have two years of hoping and praying that there are no more vacancies, especially RBG. Plus, we can commence all sorts of investigations into the administration’s misbehavior.
If we take the House and Senate: Total gridlock, including all judicial appointments. If 45 wants to appoint another SCOTUS justice, we make like Mitchie the Turtle until we retake the White House.
What about impeachment? We can certainly try, but to convict in the Senate requires 67 votes, meaning that, even in the best case, we’re going to need a LOT of Republicans to join in. And that’s highly unlikely, unless they get REALLY spooked about Trump dragging their party down so far that their own seats are put at risk. So, the more likely route than a fast march to impeachment would be a drawn-out series of investigations to air every bit of Republican dirty laundry, particularly on national television, in preparation for 2020. Maybe enough Republicans will defect to make impeachment a possibility, or maybe we’ll see Watergate Redux with congresscritters throwing Trump to the wolves and forcing him to resign. Either way, nothing will get done until 2020, when we can hopefully bring this error to a close.
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