Reply #2: I suspect the easiest thing to do is simply not prosecute Bush-Cheney for any major crimes.

[Selatius]

Sure, go after the low-level henchmen for political expediency, but political expediency might conflict with the impulses of justice as far as going after leaders who caused all the misery. That entails a big fight, and political expediency would shy away from such confrontations in favor of the next election.

In short, I fear Dem leaders, although probably not all, will simply say, "Forget about it. It's in the past now. Let's move on." If that is true, then it means that if you rise up to a high enough level of power and commit crimes, you can get away with it, and the letter of the law becomes meaningless. It wouldn't be a meaningful Republic if there are people who are above the law simply because politicians are too afraid to uphold their sworn duty.