The United States is good at many things. Holding current or former presidents accountable for crimes isn't among them. I can understand why many on the left obsess about the possibility of Donald Trump going to prison. But that doesn't mean I expect it to happen. If it didn't happen with crimes as serious as those committed by Dick Cheney, it seems unlikely to happen with Trump. When it comes to our former presidents, we don't seem to want accountability.

We like to believe that we are "a Nation of laws," and we love to talk about how nobody is "above the law." Does anybody believe that? I know many of us would like to believe it, but can we? How many police officers have been above the law? How many celebrities? How many elected officials? Too many. On all counts, far too many.