Things just aren’t what they used to be.
Nowadays, hardly an arbitrary exertion of executive power goes by without examination. Fire eight U.S. attorneys at once, and Congress starts asking questions. Commute the sentence of your former aide who was convicted of lying to protect senior administration officials and within a week, there’s a hearing. Even your off-the-record email system is exposed, so that now there might be a record of Karl Rove’s communications.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=180457