We COULD punish those who committed war crimes.... but that might hurt their feelings!

Why stand up for the rule of law, why attempt to bring lawbreakers to justice, when we can all just hold hands and sing kumbayah?

Sure they tortured innocent people to death in blatant disregard for law, but lets just let bygones be bygones, come on!

Don't be a negative nancy!

There is a coherent way to argue against investigations and prosecutions of actions by Bush officials:  one could argue that they weren't illegal.  Obviously, if one believes that, then that is conclusive on the question. 

But that's not what Litt is arguing here.  Instead, his belief is that Bush officials should be protected from DOJ proceedings even if they committed crimes.  And his reason for that is as petty and vapid as it is corrupt:  namely, it is more important to have post-partisan harmony in our political class than it is to hold Presidents and other high officials accountable when they break the law.

How is this anything other than a full-scale exemption issued to political leaders to break our laws

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