Yesterday I was privileged to be a guest on Chicago’s Morning Answer WIND 560 AM with hosts Amy Jacobson and Dan Proft. The topic was impeachment. The segment began with a good representative selection of soundbites of the previous day’s point-counterpoint argument between the Democrat House Managers and the president’s lawyers over proposed amendments to the procedural rules for the Senate trial. Then Dan and Amy cut to me for my analysis. Other than spending one day at Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, I have had no first hand experience of such proceedings. But, after trying cases as a prosecutor and private counsel...