Only skimmed it, but interesting to
see that conservative lawyers are tepidly voicing criticisms of the Trump administration. On the whole, though, the whole affair these last couple years have been just illustrates (in my mind) the danger of equating "conservative principles" with political seats: yes, some conservative lawyers may balk at what Trump does here and there, but on the whole, the conservative movement's set of principles really does seem to exclude the possibility of a "principled loss" to Democrats: that is, they really do believe that losing an election is tantamount to violating their principles. So while some conservative lawyers can criticize Trump, they are really walking a fine line, because, once more of them start to abandon the president, it really does become a hollow shell of opportunism, all the way down. And if the president's support collapses, where does it stop? Impeachment? At the end of the day, they are all terrified of losing their seats in Congress, and resort to equating this selfish interest with their "principles". What's sad is that folks like Wookie fall for it so easily.