 as a pitch for greater institutional accountability, as a pitch for restoring a healthier separation of powers. And instead, it comes off for better or for worse, and I think for worse, as Democrats versus Republicans at a moment where Democrats don't have the power to accomplish those reforms on their own. Stephen Vladeck is professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Thank you. Thank you. Here and now is a production of NPR and WBUR. I'm Celeste Headley in Washington, D.C.